Cooking a Success Story
A home-maker’s passion to serve her family delicious delicacies helped her start cooking classes as a professional. A year later, Irfana Ali is teaching...
The ‘Sacred’ Seminar
Thirteen years after poet Agha Shahid Ali’s death Kashmir University finally dedicated a seminar to the ‘national poet’. But as things unfolded Bilal Handoo...
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,...
Pahari Persian Poet
A schoolteacher who had three masters to his credit speaks in seven languages writes in four languages and understands three more. A poet and...
Baand Paether: Kashmir’s Endangered Folk Art
Already restricted to a few villages in Kashmir, the traditional folk art practitioners insist that while paid performances have disappeared, they are lacking access...
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...
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...
A Dish, A Spectacle
Over the centuries, Kashmir has perfected the art of Hareesa-making and it is a key dish for the affluent in Srinagar. Mohammad Raafi meets...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A Woman’s Ode
Naseem Shafaie, is the first Kashmiri poetess to win the Tagore Literary award. She has published two collections of her poems, which mostly reflect...
Zainapora, Budshah’s southern shelter
Almost following a central Asian saint, Zainulabideen reached a dusky south Kashmir village to create his palace and a garrison. The village remembers everything...
Carpenting Poetry
When a mischievous boy with Afghan blood was forced out of a seminary at the age of 14, he broke down and instantly turned...
