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Ban it, and they will read it.

Banning 25 Books in J&K: Shielding Minds or Selling Narratives? The government’s recent ban on “secessionist” literature may have done the opposite of its intent — boosting online searches, reviving forgotten authors and giving critics fresh ammunition. By:Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo* They say the quickest way to make someone read a…

byKashmir Rechords
Jul 31,25
Jammu & Kashmir- Heritage, Jammu & Kashmir-Life Style, Kashmiri Pandits- Post Migration

Bansi Parimu: The Forgotten Flame of Kashmiri Modernism

(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) Has the visionary artist, activist and cultural conscience-keeper faded from the memory of his own people? By all accounts, Bansi Parimu ( Parimoo), (1933–1991) was no ordinary painter. He was a modernist with a mission, a fierce cultural force, an environmental and social activist, and a voice…

🎶 Why AIR Banned Harmonium in 1940?

🎼 A Ban Too Bizarre to Believe (By: Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo*) Why would a musical instrument—beloved, popular and proudly Indian-made—be suddenly declared unfit, unholy and ultimately unplayable by the nation’s own broadcaster? What crime did the humble harmonium commit to deserve a formal burial inside All India Radio’s studios in…

July 13, 1931: Kashmir’s Day of Communal Reckoning

(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) In the long and often manipulated history of Kashmir, few dates are as politically charged and historically misunderstood as July 13, 1931. What is today remembered in some quarters as “Martyrs’ Day” was, in truth, a turning point that set ablaze not just prison gates, but also…

byKashmir Rechords
Jul 03,25
Jammu & Kashmir-Life Style, Jammu & Kashmir-Politics, Life Style

The Jagmohan Hangover

(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) It seems the ghost of Governor Jagmohan continues to haunt some people’s WhatsApp groups and social media timelines more persistently than facts do. More than 35 years into exile, a determined anti-Jagmohan brigade—comprising those whose designs he dared to defeat, along with a curious section of…