Bountiful and 'snowful', winter reclaims its glory in Kashmir

Storytellers would visit villages and urban areas at periodic intervals to amuse children and elders. The storyteller was a master narrator who would transport his audience to fairylands where princes fought demons. The good inevitably triumphed over evil -- this basic moral lesson was taught to us by the storyteller," said Ghulam Nabi, 82, a retired school teacher. As locals brave the vagaries of bitter cold this season, they are confident of the million flowers that will bloom in spring and summer because winter has been bountiful and "snowful" this time.