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...
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)...
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...
Shakespeare, the master story teller, in his drama Macbeth has beautifully depicted how overvaulting ambition of a ‘hero’ turns him into a killer and how he meets his retribution.
Summer time used to be fun time for us kids as it meant a visit to Kashmir valley and meeting family members besides an escape from the blistering summer heat of the plains.
January 1990 saw the beginning of a brutal wave of Ethnic Cleansing in Kashmir Valley as Kashmiri Pandit community was forced by Jihadi Islamists to leave the land of their forefathers.