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...
Writing For Kids
Once recognized, writers usually avoid writing about the children. This is the key factor for limitations in the Kashmiri literature for children. Aaqib Hyder...
Food on the Go
Not everybody can afford glitzy restaurants and fast food joints that now dot Srinagar city. There are thousands who still throng city’s famous Food...
The Umar Majid Story
On his fourteenth death anniversary, Er Shafi Ahmad remembers Kashmir’s short story writer, Umar Majid
With a script in hand, when he once entered the...
American Wazwaan
A Kashmir born woman settled in California has established an authentic Kashmir cuisine kitchen that home delivers mouth-watering dishes and a variety of fusion...
With an eye on conflict
Despair, loss and outrage find expression in an online exhibition showcasing works by Kashmiri artists. Gargi Gupta takes a look at the To Art...
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...
Drumming for Democracy
Kashmir political parties and their workers are using theatre, music and Bollywood to garner voter attention and almost all parties have tailor-made numbers as...
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...
Painting Pain
Artist Veer Munshi’s world starts and ends with Kashmir, his roots, migration and the crisis in between. Last week, his efforts led to a...
Night Lights
It was happening in the heart of Srinagar yet unlike a typical Srinagar evening. Shakir Mir wraps up the month long festivity that Kashmir...
Investigating Kashmir’s Phrow
Once a year, devotees of Sheikh Zaiuddin in Ashmuqam assemble and lit Mashaal’s and the festival has emerged as a tourist attraction. Scholar and...
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...
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...
Mahmud Gami: An Introduction
University of Kashmir professor, Mufti Mudasir is discovering great Kashmiri poets for the English readership. After translating Gani Kashmiri, and Mehmud Gami, he was...
