( By: K R Ishan) At a time when migration from Kashmir was at its peak during the first week of March 1990, the then Government of India had turned a blind eye towards the plight of Kashmiri Pandits, leaving them high and dry and at the mercy of some Jammu based social organisations. Instead, […]
The genre of Leela poetry in Kashmiri literature is said to have evolved from “Vachun’’ and we notice a boost in this experimentation since late 1750s onwards. It, however, reached its zenith during Krishan Joo Razdan’s time though he explored the `Saguna’’ tradition of Bhakthi to its full potential. He essentially was a “Nirgunvadi’ in […]
(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive in Connection with International Women’s Day) Once again, we are celebrating International Women’s Day. The exclusivity of such celebrations associated with women unfortunately projects a compulsive need common to all societies of the world and it also reflects the fragile position women find themselves in, in the patriarchal nature of our world. […]
( Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) February 23, 1990 is the day that most of the Kashmiri Pandits would not forget! On this day, over 34 years ago, the community performed the last Maha Shivratri Puja before moving en-masse from their birth land. Even as a good number of Kashmiri Pandit families had already migrated to safer […]
The study of people of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK), the so-called `Azad Kashmir’ has of late taken off given the importance of the role of this group as part of the “Pakistani Diaspora’’, particularly throughout countries in North America and Western Europe, such as Great Britain. It is estimated that there are approximately one million […]
Shankha Lipi, also known as “Conch Script” or “Shell Script”, is a term used by scholars to describe ornate spiral characters that are thought to be Brahmi derivatives. The characters resemble conch shells or Shankhas and are found in inscriptions across north-central India dating back to between the 4th and 8th centuries. Interestingly, Shankha Lipi […]
(By: Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo)* February 13, 1990: Director Doordarshan Kendra Srinagar, Lassa Kaul is shot dead by terrorists who considered him a stumbling block in meeting their nefarious designs. Rumours were then agog that some of his colleagues/insiders were involved in facilitating his murder by passing on the information to terrorists about his whereabouts and […]
Kashmir Rechords Exclusive A piece of tragic history lies buried under picturesque area of Kulgam, Kashmir district’s snow covered Houen Heng (Dog’s Horn) peak, 4200 meters above sea level. Fifty-eight years ago, this day on February 7, 1966, a Fokker F 27 Indian Airline aircraft veered 12 miles off its course, crashing straight into the […]
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 […]
Known to Kashmiris and the world for his classic translation of the twelfth-century Chronicle of Sanskrit poet, Pandit Kalhana’s Rajatarangini, Sir Marc Aurel Stein has contributed to Kashmir what no one could even imagine. Unfortunately, he has been treated shabbily by certain disgruntled elements, under some sinister plan, who have not even spared an engraved memorial […]
