A Catharsis
The historic Haqeeqat-e-Kashmir reluctantly permitted by the government created an aura that saw emotions brimming over. The event conducted to display the pain and...
We got a scheme called “Writers and artist’s welfare fund” approved by the centre.
Over the past few years, JK Academy of Art, Culture and Languages has multiplied its efforts to promote and preserve the composite culture of...
Poet of Resistance
Mehjoor lent his poetry to Kashmir’s fight against monarchy and once it was over, he became disgruntled with the political turnout, and died a...
Palhallan Potters
Although the art of making bakers’ kilns is on the decline across Kashmir valley, a group of families in north Kashmir’s Palhallan village who...
Stone Artist
Carving objects out of stone is nothing new to Kashmir, but when the creativity of a stone carver moves beyond conventionalized norms, then it...
History In Shambles
Set up to preserve the cultural heritage under Dogra regime, Srinagar’s Sri Pratap Singh Museum is nowadays lying in shambles. Not only are the...
Band Paether
Neither is music new to the land of Habba Khatoon nor the debate over its status in Muslim societies. Then why all of a...
A Dying Art
Not long back, kitchens in households across Kashmir were filled with utensils made up of clay. With the advent of modernity, new trends emerged....
Heritage Demolished?
The twin-road project to expand the narrow arterial network of roads in old city has altered the demography of the area known for its...
Of Harmony in Conflicting Ethnicities
The rulers who conquered Kargil have left their culture and tradition behind in numerous ethnic groups who live in harmony and tranquillity in the...
Tanha Ansari: A forgotten legend
Kashmir has produced a number of legendary poets like Mehjoor and Dina Nath Nadim whose poems continue to rhyme in the hearts of many...
Divided In Exile
Though being considered as one of the brilliant contemporary poets, Ghulam Mohammad Bhat aka Mushtaq Kashmiri is little known in Kashmir. As neither he nor his books are available here. Saima Bhat reports.
For Shahid: a promise
by Prof Suvir Kaul
I do not know why Shahid—Bhaiya, as we knew him—chose to address to me “A Pastoral,” one of his poems of...
Lost In Translation
The imposition of multiple languages other than Kashmiri is leading to an evolving Kashmiri society. But what does it mean for the new generation?...
Rekindling Persian Past
Persian literature contains an immense treasure of Kashmiri culture and history almost totally obliterated from the present realm. But, as Majid Maqbool reports, there...
