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...
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...
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...