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orders falling prey to lascivious infatuation and sexual interaction. Sex is such a strong natural instinct that any boy and girl brought up in rigid seclusion without any education and exposure to anything titillating or concerning in any way with sex, if on maturity are put in a room alone they will copulate. But I agree with you that unnatural sex should be discarded and sexual indulgence should be within the limits of social ethics and should have constraint in frequency commensurate with health concerns."
There was knocking at the door. It was Vibhu. Shree got up and said, "I am sorry to leave you lonely for so long. I think that you should have also been with us and enjoyed our very interesting discussion."
Vibhu, "Please do not forget to keep me also in such sessions next time. It is 11.p.m. and we should go to sleep as we shall have to leave early tomorrow."
bed to recuperate. Priya attended them; served tea and fresh fruits, apple, apricots and walnuts available from extensive gardens in Kargil and around. They had no desire and appetite for any other food. They went to sleep early.
Next day at 8.a.m. Priya knocked the door and Shree answered, "Please come in, it is open."
Priya, "I have ordered tea, snacks and fruits for our light breakfast. It will be sent soon. I shall go out to see some sites for my work. I suggest that both of you should rest to day. We shall go further towards Leh tomorrow."
Vibhu protested, "I shall not allow you to go out alone at such a disturbed place. We are well now, fully refreshed."
The journey next day was a continuous climb up to Jojila pass at about twelve thousand feet. Shree and Vibhu not acclimatised to the atmosphere at such a height were uncomfortable. Both suffered from vomiting, uneasiness and nausea. Priya kept avomine tablets and gave it to both of them. She repented that she did not give the medicine at Sonemarg before starting the tenuous journey. After Jojila it was downward slope to Dras and Kargil. Though at lower altitude than Sonemarg and Jojila, Dras and Kargil are cooler because of cold air getting pooled in a sort of natural depression surrounded by high snow clad mountains all around. Reaching Kargil Shree and Vibhu were so much fatigued that they could not think of venturing out from the guest house and lay on
Priya, "Kargil is not at all a disturbed place. It is safer than Delhi. The war fought here was not because of the people of this region but was thrust on them by infiltrators from across the border. Their strategy was to cut our main supply route. By courtesy of the forest department and their help by providing me conveyance and guide I have reconnoitred the area from Jammu to Garskhon and Yalodra only about hundred kilometres this side of Leh. The area from Jammu to Jawaher tunnel is inhabited predominantly by Hindu community and if you go to Jammu by road you will see Hindu shopkeepers on road side near there. From the tunnel to Jojila pass the inhabitants are predominantly or almost exclusively Sunni Muslims as other communities have been pushed out by violent means. The pathetic plight of pundits, the original residents of the area, now living in camps in Jammu, Delhi and other places is well known to all of us. Sheikh Abdullah; the first chief minister himself said that he
