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Onaiza Drabu
@onaizad
Jan 10, 2021 • 22 tweets • 4 min read
As good a time as any to revise our own Kashmiri mythical creatures - starting with the recently notorious Rantas. Kashmiri folklore lives in more than its stories, there is a world that exists as a separate realm– full of monsters and guardians. <a thread>

Artwork-Nusaiba Khan Image The (i) Rantas is a witch, most commonly identified by her feet which are turned backwards. She is known to kidnap men and take them to her cave in mountains.

Read a tale featuring her here: onaizad.wordpress.com/2021/01/10/ran…
Feb 8, 2019 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
About six years ago, I picked up a book on Kashmiri idioms and proverbs. I had always heard them but never paid close attention to how delightfully visual they were. I had a lot of free time, so I began sketching them. Here is a compilation of my favourites. #kashmiriproverbs I'm making a list to keep adding to as we go, just to avoid people sharing terrible versions of the same. Just as a: