Cricket in every season and every year is a religion in India! Ever since its advent in the sub-continent, people have always exhibited their interest to know and discuss about the game and its players through different forms of communication, platforms and medium. Prior to the visual coverage of the game, people would solely rely […]
Kashmir with great geo-strategic significance, connecting Indian sub-continent with Central Asia and rest of the world, since ancient times, has served as an economic corridor between South and Central Asia. The three principal highways were facilitating such connections, leading to Khorasan, India and Tibet. The Zojila (11,300 feet.) Pass has been since ages, an important […]
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, […]
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 […]
(A necessary reference material) First Period Second & Third Period Fourth & Fifth Period This meticulously compiled chronological Table of ancient Kashmiri Kings and dynasties (Preserved by Kashmir Rechords) is an extract from the brilliantly researched Book `The Hindu History of Kashmir’ written by H H Wilson ( 1960 edition).
As per the current trend throughout the world, we are witnessing the legacy of leaders having lead political movements and put on a high pedestal being demolished and blown to Smithereens. The aura once associated with Sheikh Mohd Abdullah, the “Mehboob’’ leader `Sher-i-Kashmir’ for Kashmiris, is fighting to safeguard his own legacy, 41 years […]
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 […]
By B. Revti Like 2023 Opposition parties’ Conclaves being held at places like Patna, Bengaluru or Mumbai, forty years ago one such , similar Opposition `Unity’ Conclave was organised at Srinagar, in October 1983 by then Chief Minister, Dr. Farooq Abdullah! Opposition stalwarts like Badal, Biju Patnaik, Jagjivan Ram, N.T Rama Rao etc, representing […]
Tight controls on freedom of expression have been a hallmark of the Pakistani government’s policy in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK). While militant organizations are being given full coverage to propagate their views and disseminate literature, those critical of the Pakistani and PoK government, are facing repression. The Pakistani government has long limited dissemination of news in […]
The gifted singer whose musical voice echoed the earthly sounds of melody and became synonym with Dogra ethos, Malika Pukhraj (Jammu Wali), will always remain inextricable part of modern Dogra lore as well as the shared legacy of the sub-continent. Born in 1912, in village Mirpur near Akhnoor, Jammu, Malika Pukhraj needs no introduction! […]
