Making Mehjoor Immortal
Learning a lesson from the obscure poets of Kashmir, Peerzada Nadeem Mehjoor, Ghulam Ahmed Mahjoor’s great-grandson, a school drop-out with a conscious mind is...
Writer’s Solidarity
It was Maqbool Bhat’s hanging that stirred noted short story writer Akhtar Mohi-ud-din, and made him return his Literary Award. Bilal Handoo reports how...
Return to the glory – Mubarak Mandi Complex
Majid Mushtaq Pandit
JAMMU
A grand complex of dilapidated medieval buildings, the Mubarak Mandi complex is a palace situated in the oldest part of the city...
Novroz: The Nouv Zouv
Novruz which marks the beginning of the new season in the Iranian calendar is part of Kashmir’s culture. Syed Iliyas Ali Rizvi details the...
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...
Ali’s K-concerns
by Mir Liyaqat Nazir
Brought up in the trilingual and tri-cultural environment, the late celebrated poet of the valley, Agha Shahid Ali remains Kashmiri to...
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...
Expressive Strokes
What started from his father’s Paper Machie workshop where he used to play with colours as a kid turned into a career for Arshad...
Saving Heritage
When contractors and mafia patronized by local administration started vandalizing saffron Karewas a local shopkeeper decided to challenge them. Saima Bhat meets Ghulam Nabi...
Obituary
Syed Sajjad Hussain
(1954 - 2013)
Rahiba R Parveen
Syed Sajjad Hussain, one of the known literary figures of Kashmir breathed his last on December 12. Hussain,...
In a spell
The high decibel music in the Shalimar garden did not trigger a lot of media interest across the globe, it led to a series...
Sculpting A Change
Unlike other parts of the world sculpting in Kashmir is associated with economy. It has been a source of livelihood rather than a way...
A Catharsis
The historic Haqeeqat-e-Kashmir reluctantly permitted by the government created an aura that saw emotions brimming over. The event conducted to display the pain and...
We got a scheme called “Writers and artist’s welfare fund” approved by the centre.
Over the past few years, JK Academy of Art, Culture and Languages has multiplied its efforts to promote and preserve the composite culture of...
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...
