Satirist Singer
Radio Kashmir helped him become the most famous young artist of his era and then militancy took over and everything changed. Samreena Nazir met...
Exceptional Writer
A man who has picked up the art of calligraphy from his ancestors, decided to transfer the art to children for free, after retirement....
The Beach Pheran Party
The GenNext of non-resident Kashirmis is on a rediscovery route with focus on culture. Last month, a few young women from diverse professions took time...
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...
Music Meem Sahab
In her childhood in Srinagar’s Gogjibagh, the Sufiana was just a routine and mother tongue a top priority. This love for the culture could...
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...
Naat Gou Sardar
A school teacher grew with Muslim friends and was influenced by the eulogies sung in the praise of prophet of Islam, so he started...
The Family Gold
A Jammu jewellers’ family owns some of the rarest pieces of Islamic calligraphy and it includes two specimens of the Quran which require a...
A Poetic Struggle
From loudly singing elegies of rebels to holding afternoon poetic sessions with detained in the interrogation centre, Madhosh Balhami has seen a lot in...
Majestic Witness
In the interior of the Islamabad town is a seven-story house that has remained a mute witness to more than 100 years of its...
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...
Nun Chai Samavar
Now when electric power and a whole range of innovations have started impacting the traditional ways of cooking and serving Kashmir foods and tea,...
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...
Hillock Secrets
Small hillocks are holding bigger secrets in some villages around Awantipore. A serious effort by the archaeologists can help trace Kashmir’s distant past, reports...
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...
