The name Ghulam Nabi Khayal during the decades prior to 1990s was ingrained in the consciousness of Kashmiris as somebody who like his contemporary, Ali Mohd Lone, frequently wrote class radio dramas with socio economic themes. Based on these dramas and his poetry broadcast over Radio Kashmir, one could arrive at a conclusion that Khayal’s […]
(By Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo) Who were the famous Bokhari brothers? And what was their connection to Kashmir? These questions can interest only those who have a love for modern broadcasting which inter alia means a love of languages and content creation, an eye for detail and nuances of the human condition and an indomitable will […]
Kashmir Rechords Exclusive Are laureates cultivated or do they appear on their own? Both statements can be true or false at the same time. But there appears to be a strong relationship between the environment and a tradition in the family that cultivates quality literature. One’s inclination and the output combined with prevailing creative atmosphere […]
By Rajesh Bhat For people of my age who left Kashmir in 1990, Atal Dulloo continued to be our star—– a feeling of enthusiasm—, for a reason that the Competition Success Review (CSR), the then famous magazine for competitive examinations, had carried his success story after he qualified the much coveted Indian Administrative Service (IAS) […]
Doordarshan Day By: Dr. Rajesh Bhat Sixty-four years ago, on September 15, 1959, Television made its formal entry in India with the launch of the first TV channel ‘`Television India”, which started broadcasting from the studios of All India Radio, Delhi on experimental basis. This experiment was followed by inauguration of Television India Channel of […]
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: B Revti `Mahabharata’, a Hindi-language epic television serial based on the ancient Sanskrit epic Mahabharata, is perhaps the last television serial which the Kashmiris watched back then, when the peace of the bygone era still prevailed. The original airing, which consisted of a total 94 episodes, were broadcast from October 2, 1988 to 24 June […]
By B Revti Death had stalked Swami Amarnath ji pilgrims in August 1996 as never before scores of people had perished due to the unseasonal snowfall and the torrential rains that had begun with the movement of pilgrims from Pahalgam, the base camp of Amarnath to the holy cave shrine. Bad weather had made it […]
Rasool DC has finally been arrested after dodging the authorities for the last eight years. This absconder was notorious for facilitating transfer of Kashmiri Pandit migrant property in Srinagar City, valuing crores of rupees by forging a fake power of Attorney. There, are, however, so many more such Rasool DCs within and outside the Government […]
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 […]
