Recently, I called one of my cousins living in Ghaziabad to inquire about his welfare and was surprized to learn that he and his family, including his +80 yrs old father were in Srinagar, visiting the city of their origin first time since the Exodus...
In Kashmir, we have a saying, at times attributed to the great poet Mahjoor (1887-1952), in the form of a lament of a sheep, that loosely translates as,” Only the faces of my butchers have changed – tools of oppression remain the same,”! I was...
The blessed land of Rishi Kashyap, Kashmir became a garden in which bloomed knowledge in all its creative forms – philosophy, religious theology, languages, poetry, music, sculpture, architecture, painting, dance and performing arts (natya shastra)...
Bharat, known and described as Bharatvarsh in our ancient historical texts is one of the most ancient civilizations in the world. Hominid activity in the Indian subcontinent stretches back over 250,000 years, and it is, therefore, one of the oldest...
Kashmir’s history, as per its illustrious historian son, Pt Kalhan, can be traced well into the Mahabharata times. Kalhan, in his epic Rajtarangini has mentioned that King Gonanda I ruled Kashmir (3238-3188 BCE?); he was related to King Jarasandha...
The season has once again come for our community to run from pillar to post for the inclusion of our near and dear ones in the electoral roll or correction of our names or for that matter for applying a fresh for our VOTER ID CARD, for which if I...