As part of its outreach programme, Sahitya Akademi New Delhi organised an impressive two day function at Jammu (January 5-6, 2024) to incorporate views vis-a-vis the current literary paradigms of Kashmir’s displaced writers community. The meet also carried forward the need to preserve the literary heritage handed over to the communities through “Kashmiri Leela – […]
The Indian Shakespeare is often considered Kalidasa, a classical Sanskrit writer, widely regarded as the greatest poet and dramatist in the Sanskrit language. But Agha Hashar Kashmiri is one such poet, dramatist and an author who carries the epitaph of being the `Indian Shakespeare’ on his gravestone at Lahore where he was laid to rest […]
Meet Our Unsung Heroes Meet Ghulam Hassan Kashmiri …an unsung hero from Lucknow whose ancestors had settled in 18th century when Nawab of Awadh Asaf-ud-Daulah shifted base from Faizabad to Lucknow in 1775 and made the city his capital. While shifting his Capital, the Nawab had settled a large group of Kashmiris-both Hindus and Muslims […]
(From the Feudal Dogra State through Independent India to the Present-day Naya Bharat) (By: Dr. S.N. Pandita*) Introduction From a State Subject to Permanent Resident and now to a Domicile has been nearly a century-long eventful journey for the natives of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh as the citizens of India now Bharat. However, given the […]
( By: Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo*) Kashmir Rechords in its previous blogs dated 9th and 12th December 2023 had mentioned an Englishman’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir in 1847 recorded in the form of daily entries called ‘Roznamcha’ by one Pandit Kanhaya Lal Aashiq Dehalvi and later published under the title Sair-e-Kashmir and we had in […]
December 28 holds an important significance in the history of Kashmiri Pandits following their exodus from Kashmir. It is on this day in 1991 that Panun Kashmir, besides raising other demands, adopted a Margdarshan Resolution for a separate homeland for Kashmiri Hindus within Kashmir. On the same day in 1993, the first ever World Kashmiri […]
(By: Dr. Rajesh Bhat) Late Shri Prem Nath Bhat, the first journalist killed during Kashmir turmoil, has become the icon of Political Groups as well as individuals against religious fundamentalism and ethnic cleansing of a vulnerable minority like Kashmiri Pandits. In life as well as in death, he was able to forge a remarkable unity […]
(By:Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo)* In response to Kashmir Rechords’ Blog dated December 20, 2023 under the title “Sharda Peetha- Victim of Willful Apathy’’, (to be accessed here : https://kashmir-rechords.com/sharda-peetha-victim-of-willful-apathy/) , some of our esteemed readers came up with their quality information and opinions. By incorporating these views, Kashmir Rechords believes that not only will great value […]
(By: Dr. Rajesh Bhat) Indian Railways with the completion of construction of all tunnels on Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla (USB) Rail Link is finally going to fulfill the long and cherished dream of Dogra Rulers to connect the two diverse regions of their much–loved State, Jammu and Kashmir, which they governed with missionary zeal. Northern Railways, in a […]
At the moment when this blog is being written, Sharda temple along with the area annexed over large swathes of breathtakingly beautiful and spiritual place stands ruined beyond recognition, but between sixth and twelfth century period it was the crowning glory of India in terms of being a prominent centre of Vedic and Buddhist learning […]
