Kashmir Rechords

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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.

They missed him in 1988. They found him in 1989

(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) On September 23, 1988, a year and more than a month before Judge Neelkanth Ganjoo was assassinated in Srinagar, terrorists came to his doorstep. They did not come secretly. According to a contemporary report published by Kashmir Times on September 23, 1988, (copy of the same preserved by Kashmir Rechords, unidentified gunmen riding a motorcycle  had opened automatic fire at the residence of the...
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A Kashmiri Pandit diplomat, a spy and a Historian of yesteryears buried in Delhi !

www.kashmir-rechords.com Pandit Mohan Lal Kashmiri  alias Mirza Quli Kashmiri alias Agha Hassan Jan Kashmiri-----  sounds interesting! But that is how this polyonymous from Zutshi clan...
Jammu & Kashmir-Research

Makhzan Asrar—A Kashmiri Pandit’s Urdu gift

( By: Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo) It is always a matter of immense joy when upon revisiting the history of an ethnic group that presently assembles...
Books

Hari Krishna Kaul–  A celebrated Kashmiri Writer

( Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) Hari Krishna Kaul (1934-2009) has remained as one of the major Kashmiri playwrights of the modern era who started his...
Books

Cricketers and Gladiators

(By: K K Lidhoo) Roman kings in order to divert attention from pressing problems faced by the public and the likely unrest these would cause...
Jammu & Kashmir-Life Style

Kalhana’s Rajtarangini—how it got revealed?

Kalhana’s Rajtarangini which has made Kashmir famous all over the world and accorded it unique credit  in terms of being the only region where there was an established tradition of historiography unlike anywhere in the subcontinent.
Books

Dr Kachroo—a devotee of Science

Meet Dr.  P  N Kachroo-- a staunch devotee of Science who ‘breathed and lived' Science. A Science Editor, a Botanist,  an environmentalist and an...
Jammu & Kashmir-Life Style

Kichlu Brothers—the famous classical vocalist duo with Kashmir connection

 ( Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) When faced with a dire situation, Kashmiri Pandits prove their mettle or used to prove their mettle. The quality conscious stalwarts...
Migration

The legacy of Ghulam Nabi Khayal

Kashmir Rechords Report The name Ghulam Nabi Khayal during the decades prior to 1990s was ingrained in the consciousness of Kashmiris as somebody who like...
Jammu & Kashmir-Life Style

Massive decline of Kashmiri Pandits during 100 years

(Records, Census figures speak everything) If the records are to be relied upon, there has been a massive decline of Kashmiri Pandits living in Kashmir...
Jammu & Kashmir-Research

All India Radio’s  Bokhari Brothers…  The Kashmir Connection

(By Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo) Who were the famous Bokhari brothers? And what was their connection to Kashmir? These questions can interest only those who have...
Media

KPs and the Kashmiri language

By Makhan Lal Pandita A literate Kashmiri while conversing in Kashmiri makes in between use of English words. There can be two...
Jammu & Kashmir- Heritage

Literature in Exile

By: Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo Nissim Ezeikel had once said that the age of literature is dead. The statement must have been made in a vivid...
Books