( Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) Hari Krishna Kaul (1934-2009) has remained as one of the major Kashmiri playwrights of the modern era who started his literary career during his college days in early fifties, writing short stories in Hindi until mid-sixties. He then switched to Kashmiri, his mother tongue. His first collection of short stories in […]
Kalhana’s Rajtarangini which has made Kashmir famous all over the world and accorded it unique credit in terms of being the only region where there was an established tradition of historiography unlike anywhere in the subcontinent.
Parents in spite of the challenges they are facing should continue to strike a rapport with their children and converse in Kashmiri. This is the only way to preserve our identity as Kashmiris.
A Book Review By: B. Revti The story of Kashmiri Pandits and the most unfortunate exodus that this community had to undergo in Independent India and who are facing extinction and acknowledged ethnic cleansing has been narrated, commented and counter- debated by a plethora of writers, commentators, journalists, film producers and what not. To this long […]
Gwasha Lal Kaul was one of the most bold and prominent Journalist Kashmir has ever produced. Besides a historian, he used to publish “The Kashmir Chronicle’’ from Srinagar before 1947, which he had founded in 1939. Kaul, during the same period, was also the President of Kashmir Journalists Association and the founding Editor of “The […]
By Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo Almost anywhere, usage of certain words pertaining to ghosts and spirits springs up unconsciously in our daily conversation. Many may not know much about them now, thus, let us revisit and try to understand the who is who of these ghosts and spirits in Kashmir. 1.The Jins ( Variously called dgins, […]
No other personality has come close to the persona of Shri Krishna who combined in himself all the attributes of an ideal human being and whose life projected the radiance of all the colours that the Universe could design. The greatest in childhood, greatest as a warrior, householder and a King and the Ultimate as […]
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat’s recent suggestion asking people not to use the word “India” and instead use “Bharat”, has already generated heat and dust in both India and I.N.D.I.A. While some high profile dignitaries have already taken a cue from Bhagwat’s speech in avoiding INDIA, the word BHARAT is right now viral, […]
Dr. Sunil Chandra Ray’s “Early History and Culture of Kashmir’’ gives an interesting account of Kashmir history, society and the life of the people, besides their food and drinking habits. According to the author `drinking of wine seems to have been quite popular in early Kasmira’’ (page number 206) There is also the reference […]
Much has been written, mentioned and discussed about the great battles fought on the Indian soil. But very few people, who are either born before Independence or who might have read about the Pakistani Tribesmen attack on Kashmir, know about the “Battle of Shalteng’’, which was fought in November 1947 soon after the signing of […]
