Hari Parbat has, for the past 5000 odd years, been an object of veneration for people living in Kashmir. It is a physical embodiment of the victory over demonic forces.
Seri Panditaan is a village near Amb Gharota, Jammu. The village has a population of about 800 to 900. There are about 160 to 170 households. It falls in the Bhalwal block of Jammu district and is about 18 km from Jammu city. If...
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...
Year 2023 marks the 34th year of our community’s Seventh Exodus from the land of our forefathers. Our first exile started in 1389 when Sultan Sikander Shahmiri (1353-1413), notorious as Butshikan (the breaker of idols) ascended the throne of Kashmir...