Acknowledgements
I owe my great debt of gratitude to Shree
Ved Bhasin, the Editor-in-Chief of The Kashmir Times,
Jammu who always encouraged me and readily published
my articles, some of which are included in this book,
in his highly esteemed and popular paper. I honour him
for his kindness to all and sundry.
I am also thankful to S. Narudel Singh, Joint
Director of Information, Jammu & Kashmir
Government for his help in providing, some photographs
for reproduction.
I am greatly thankful to Mr. Moh'd Hussain Maqdomi,
Deputy Director, Dogra Art Museum, Jammu, who allowed
me to take photographs of Basohli paintings displayed
in the Museum and also gave me kind permission to
reproduce them in my publications.
My wife, Prabha, has stood by me "in sun and
storm" is better, for it invokes images and has
made my life comfortable. I am very grateful to her.
S. N. Wakhlu
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