We moved office

Today was our first day at the new office. We moved from Rangreth (airport/industrial area) to Soura (nearer the town). Our older location, Rangreth, was chosen by the govt to be the location for incubating ICT business units in Kashmir back in 2001. We set up our shop there in 2002. Luckily, there are more beautiful locations throughout the valley to drive some inspiration home. Our new location, Upper Soura, beats Rangreth hands down in beauty and culture.

While Rangreth is increasingly becoming a factory area, Soura is dominated by pure nature all around. The best thing for me is the magical refreshing water. No need to drink bottled water anymore. It reaches us after hundreds of miles of natural tossing and turning around rugged rocks. The source being one of the tributaries of river Indus, the river that gives India its name. The tributary lands into a lake barely 300 meters from our new office. Lake Anchar (a Persian name referring to the four caliphs) is the only blue water lake in the main valley.

Anchar lake lies towards our right while on the left the landscape is dominated by the backdrop of Mount Mahadev, a mountain I attempted to climb when at the high school (we were driven back by a snowstorm).

So nature was one of the main motivations for moving to Soura. There are other pluses as well. Soura is a civilian area while Rangreth and the surrounding airport area is dominated by the military bases. Soura locality is truly indicative of local culture. It is a diversified sub-urban community that has accepted people from all parts of the valley over the last four decades. The new office location is 10 minutes drive from downtown Srinagar, an area that has traditionally been at the centre of all things important to Kashmir.

From all the nature and stuff, a happy new year to all our readers!!