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...
Painting Mughals
The art of depicting the lifestyle of erstwhile Mughals rulers on papier-mâché is fading into history. Mohammad Raafi traces one of the last surviving...
Ghulam Ali Majboor (1952 – 2009)
by Zubair A Dar
On Friday, May 15, when Ghulam Ali Majboor breathed his last, it was not the death of an artist alone, it...
Making Melodies
Born visually impaired, Yasir picked the art of music and is now an established singer, reports Mariah Shah
In the last few years, Yasir Noorani...
Reviving An Art
Caught by immobility dictated by situation and pandemic, a number of girls started reviving the forgotten art of calligraphy and some of them were...
Languages Of Faith
Languages can be windows into cultures as well as tools of influencing belief and behaviour. Shazia Yousuf takes a look at who is attracted...
Dried Up
Once witnessing a huge inflow of migratory, many of Kashmir’s wetlands have dried up. Ikhlaq Qadri reports.
At least seven wetlands have lost into...
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...
Losing sheen
The fresh water resources of Kashmir valley are under serious threat as glaciers that feed have vanished or are receding fast. While scientists put...
Culture Warriors
Farzana Nissar treks deep-south to report the lonely fight of a peripheral theatre cluster to preserve Bhand Pather
The road to Mohripora, barely 4 kms...
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...
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...
Lost Venice
The wide network of rivers, rivulets and streams, and most of Kashmir’s habitations being situated on riverbanks provided perfect conditions for an extensive water...
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?...
Music In Mud House
Deep into north Kashmir, Faheem Mir meet a small community that sings and lives on folk music but is facing a tense situation in...
