Bird Milk & Mosquito Bones: A Memoir
by Priyanka Mattoo
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“There is a Kashmiri phrase, chhari daud te mahe adij, “bird milk and mosquito bones,” used when someone is describing things so rare and precious that the listener should question their very existence. It comes to mind whenever I think about that little treasury of items we gathered.”
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“There is a Kashmiri phrase, chhari daud te mahe adij, “bird milk and mosquito bones,” used when someone is describing things so rare and precious that the listener should question their very existence. It comes to mind whenever I think about that little treasury of items we gathered.”
