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: B Revti Singer Mohammed Rafi, (24 December 1924 – 31 July 1980) needs no introduction. His melodious songs speak about him and his personality! But how many of you know that Rafi, nicknamed as Pheeku, was introduced and groomed to world of music by a Kashmiri Pandit? Yes,….that is indelible part of Rafi’s life and singing […]
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 […]
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 […]
Kashmir’s geography has been quaked and moved by the will of Gods – so says the Nilmata Purana. A darkening lake spread around the vale of Kasmira, resting in titanic fashion – its womb swelling with fish, snakes, crabs, whales, sharks, frogs and a demon – Jalodbhava. So begins the triumph of man’s pursuit over […]