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Tulip extravaganza

SPRING is always colourful in the Kashmir valley. Tiers of yellow mustard fields are lined by green-leaved poplar and chenar trees. The purple white flowers of almond make way for the white and pink blooms of the apple and pear trees respectively. But this spring Kashmir has more colour than ever before, added by 1.2 million giant-sized tulips in more than 30 colours and their variegated combinations, tantalisingly arrayed over 30 hectares. (06/05) More