An Introduction to Spoken Kashmiri
Chapter 7
Chapter 7: A conversation with a taxi driver
A conversation with a taxi driver
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Notes
  • The  taxis in Kashmir are also open to bargaining, especially if the trip is outside Srinagar to such places as Pahalgam or Gulmarg. In order to keep the delightful, and sometimes exasperating, tradition of bargaining alive, the meter is usually made non-operative by the taxi-driver. Thus, bargaining adds to the pleasure of sightseeing and leaves a person a little more exhausted than he normall would be. The amount settled after the bargaining does not include the tip. That is another story!
  • is an attention catcher which means 'I say', 'Please look', or 'Please listen'. It may be used to draw the attention of a person in a shop or on a roadside in order to make an enquiry.
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