By: teawithrev Since the onset of militancy in Kashmir in 1989, Kashmirs had forgotten to be part of the Independence Day celebrations. For them, August 15 used to be the ` Civil Curfew Day’, imposed by Pakistani agents at gun-point! During the past about three decades, Independence Day celebrations were usually marred by violence and […]
By: teawithrev Kashmir and Bollywood film posters have a unique connection! Ever since the entry of Cinema into Kashmir, spotting of posters, pasted on walls, Tongas, Lorries, buildings etc. have been a routine affair for all those film goers born before the division of the Sub-continent. The trend continued even up to late eighties, but […]
The Book—`My Years with Nehru- KASHMIR’ by B N Mullik makes an interesting reading! Mullik was an Indian Civil Servant, spymaster and the second Director of the Intelligence Bureau of India (IB). He served as the Director of IB from July 15, 1950, to October 9, 1964. He was known to be a hardworking official, […]
About 34 years after his brutal killing at the hands of the terrorists in a broad day light in Srinagar Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir Police’s State Investigation Agency (SIA) is now searching for his murderers. The Agency has sought public assistance to investigate murder case of famed judge Neelkanth Ganjoo, whose body had remained unattended […]
It was an early and breezy morning of September 7, 1965 when Pakistani troops had ‘entered’ Jammu city! Sounds unbelievable, especially to those who are witness to the Indo-Pak war of 1965 and also to all patriots conscious of the heroic deeds, might and capabilities of brave Indian Jawans that such a […]
Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK), which is a part of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, is 13,297 square kilometers in area and is divided into Muzaffarabad and Mirpur divisions. Political map of India also mentions Muzaffarabad and Mirpur as two districts of J&K. However, `authorities’ illegally controlling PoK since 1947, have further subdivided the […]
Once upon a time, precisely in 1915, India was a leading producer of the harmonium! Yet, a quarter-century later, it became `untouchable’, so much so that All India Radio ( later called Akashvani) had to ban it in 1940 and the instrument, with a formal burial, was removed from all of its studious located in […]
For its unique geo-political importance, Kashmir has always remained in the news for all reasons and seasons. Even during the British regime, the media had shown its strategic interest in Kashmir affairs by either resorting to biased reporting or giving much coverage to the happenings in this erstwhile princely state, now bifurcated into so many […]
Imagine purchasing an `American’ Pistol in Kanpur and that too without a licence! Hold on, this used to be a practice prior to 1947 and even advertisements for the same were being prominently displayed in newspapers and magazines! Kashmir Rechords is in possession of one such advertisement, published in a prominent Government-published Urdu magazine of […]
Pakistan is continuing India bashing right from 1947 and is using all its resources in resorting to anti-India propaganda. Apart from tribal-cum-military raid of 1947, the best available method with Pakistan at that time was the strong network of Radio stations, which were exclusively used for anti-India propaganda. The trend continued in every war, intrusions […]
