“Nauroz Mubarak to all my Kashmiri sisters and brothers!!” A Kashmiri new year greeting by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has been the eye of a storm on social media. Many twitter users including Republic TV and Tarek Fatah pointed out that it is Navreh, and not Nauroz. Others insisted there was nothing wrong in the greeting as Navreh is also known as Nauroz. The greeting was a subject of much discussion and much trolling.
Later it was found that Nauroz was a perfectly acceptable form of greeting for Kashmiri new year, used by Kashmiris themselves. Here is the evidence for the same:
- Other Kashmiri Pandits like Markandey Katju had also posted greetings saying, “Today is Navroz or Navreh for Kashmiri Pandits“.
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