Bhaand ‘Diplomacy’
The down spiral of Kashmir’s centuries old folk art Bhaand-e-Paether is often attributed to the turmoil in Kashmir; however, the ‘other’ factors pounding it...
Kashmiriyat
An interesting post-partition creation, Kashmiriyat is popular in Delhi than in Srinagar. But what it means and why everybody is talking about it these...
Hamee Ast’o, Saket (Delhi)
An engineer’s daughter set up a cafe in Delhi by creating a little Kashmir in a hall where Tumbakhnari and Tabakhnaut co-exist, reports Mir...
Rahman Rahi: Death of the Doyen
Celebrating our own cultural personalities is a way of reaffirming our identity, writes Haseeb A Drabu, in a tribute to Rahi sahab
Rahman Rahi’s...
Preserving the Past
At an age when people retire, Atiqa Bano set up a museum to preserve and display rare artefacts and manuscripts of Kashmir. Majid Maqbool...
Language And Times
Kashmiri language has evolved in recent times by accepting words and phrases that had nothing to do with the native spoken Kashmiri. It has...
A Colourful Urn
Inspired by the likes of Van Gogh and Rembrandt, a Kashmiri landscape artist’s work reflects the changing mood of a place and its people....
Basrakh is Back
From once a must have sweet during marriage ceremonies Basrakh lost both market and appeal. But with little modification and a sense of reviving...
The Nilgrar Narrative
The last village on the foothills of Zoji La does not offer a breath-taking view of the Singh Valley alone. It is a model village...
Hay days
A few strings of straw woven to make slippers were common footwear, not so long ago. Waseem Ahad reports.
Whenever Mohammad Akbar Pala, 70,...
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...
Kashmir’s ‘Cabbage Walk’ Artist: ‘The laughter of my people is what I seek’
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The streets of Srinagar present a strange sight these days — a man ‘walking his cabbage’. You can see him everywhere with...
Healing Strokes
A young artist from Sopore, who has seen death from a close range, took refuge in colours to vent his feelings on canvas. Farzana...
Caught In The Lingo
As Jammu and Kashmir got a basket full of languages, some of the employers are taking the Hindi route to recruit people. In one...
Apple of Kashmir’s eye
How would you like a sweet, aromatic apple with long shelf-life. Kashmir had it but lost it because of lack of access to Middle...
