Kashmir Rechords is an independent digital archive chronicling the history, culture and socio-political journey of Jammu & Kashmir, with a focus on original research, rare records and forgotten legacies.
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SRINAGAR: At the beginning of the armed insurgency in 1989–90, the outlawed Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) sought to project itself as the force that would create an ‘Independent Kashmir’.
The symbolism was extraordinary. Militants reportedly forced people in parts of the Valley to set their watches to Pakistan Standard Time—a powerful psychological assertion that Kashmir was slipping out of India's control. The...
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As North India swelters under a relentless heat wave every summer, memories flood back for the Kashmiri Pandit community. This scorching...
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The modern generation of Kashmiris may not fully grasp the lifestyle of their ancestors a century ago, a time when trade, government...
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Kashmir has been a fertile ground for numerous contributions to the world in various fields, including art, literature, medicine, engineering, history, and...
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Thirty-four years ago, this day, on May 21, 1990, three young men visited the home of Kashmir’s head priest and prominent...
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It was an era of different ``End-to-End Encryption’’ when cheat codes were devised to carry out sabotage and further anti-India...
Remembering Ashok Sodhi
Four decades ago, the concept of photojournalism was new to Jammu. Few photographers, including Afzal Shah, Chander Sunder and Raju...
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Two Zadoo Brothers from Anantnag district---Dina Nath and Kanti Chandra, who find their name incorporated in the category of `` Unsung Heroes’’, ...
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It was during 1996 Lok Sabha elections when over 2.25 Lakh Kashmiri Hindu voters had reportedly resolved to "dissociate’’ themselves from...
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Kashmir Valley is one of the most flood hazard-prone Himalayan regions. The valley has witnessed significant flooding during 879 AD, 1841, 1893,...