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Culture

Kashmir’s culture has fascinated the world for centuries. This section offers detailed narratives about the arts, crafts, individuals and characters that keep Kashmir’s art front active and attractive.

‘Our Mother Tongue Is Far More Than A Means Of Communication’

A Malaysia based Kashmiri student, Asiya Hassan, who is busy building Kashmiri Dictionary on the web tells Khalid Bashir Gura KASHMIR LIFE (KL): How can...

Fun Face of Kashmir

What can be more rewarding for an actor than people remembering him for a role he played. Sumayyah Qureshi talks to the most known...

Faith, Fast and Feast

What is the role of food in the month of fasting? Haseeb A Drabu professes that its epicurean aspects are markers of Kashmiri identity...

The Walnut Fudge

By Syed Asma   Have your ever tasted a Walnut Fudge! If not, then you are surely missing one of the most talked about exclusivity of...

Nowrooz-e-Pourang

by Syed Iliyas Ali Rizvi and Mona Hossaini ‘Araste’ (Nowrooz celebrations in Afghanistan.) Nowrooz, contrary to the popular perception, is not merely a community centric...

Penman’s Peregrination

Life takes a full circle, quite literally. Syed Asma talks to noted Urdu and Kashmiri essayist Prof Mohammed Zaman Azurdah to piece together dots...

Muslim Untouchables

Equality is something that had universal appeal and one of the key factors that helped Kashmir embrace it almost half a millennium after it...

Nun Chai Samavar

Now when electric power and a whole range of innovations have started impacting the traditional ways of cooking and serving Kashmir foods and tea,...

The Kanger Story

Kashmir’s traditional firepot has been part of the folklore for centuries. Though it is a full-fledged economy and an inseparable part of Kashmir’s routine...

Illustrating Ghazal

Last fall, a young girl retrieved the typical Kashmiri slangs into a fascinating wall calendar. When Salma Masood met Instagram’s Alif, it turned out...