Once upon a time, precisely in 1915, India was a leading producer of the harmonium! Yet, a quarter-century later, it became `untouchable’, so much so that All India Radio ( later called Akashvani) had to ban it in 1940 and the instrument, with a formal burial, was removed from all of its studious located in […]
For its unique geo-political importance, Kashmir has always remained in the news for all reasons and seasons. Even during the British regime, the media had shown its strategic interest in Kashmir affairs by either resorting to biased reporting or giving much coverage to the happenings in this erstwhile princely state, now bifurcated into so many […]
Imagine purchasing an `American’ Pistol in Kanpur and that too without a licence! Hold on, this used to be a practice prior to 1947 and even advertisements for the same were being prominently displayed in newspapers and magazines! Kashmir Rechords is in possession of one such advertisement, published in a prominent Government-published Urdu magazine of […]
Pakistan is continuing India bashing right from 1947 and is using all its resources in resorting to anti-India propaganda. Apart from tribal-cum-military raid of 1947, the best available method with Pakistan at that time was the strong network of Radio stations, which were exclusively used for anti-India propaganda. The trend continued in every war, intrusions […]
Kashmir’s geography has been quaked and moved by the will of Gods – so says the Nilmata Purana. A darkening lake spread around the vale of Kasmira, resting in titanic fashion – its womb swelling with fish, snakes, crabs, whales, sharks, frogs and a demon – Jalodbhava. So begins the triumph of man’s pursuit over […]
Was Jesus Christ in Kashmir during the “lost” years? Some scholars believe so. Did Jesus visit Kashmir as some books claim? Does a tomb – Rozabal, near Srinagar exists in his name as the story of one Hollywood film tried to project? Are you aware of a Kolkata based filmmaker Subhrajit Mitra who tried to […]
In the aftermath of exile, concerted attempts have been made by the ivory-tower, pompous intellectuals of Kashmir to downplay and eliminate the notable literary champions of the Kashmiri Pandit community who have hammered their name in the annals of the valley’s brilliant literary tradition. Academics of Kashmir in the decades following 1990’s violent social […]
The world is having an increased and value based interaction with KashmirShaivadarshana. This association has continuously been going on over a hundred yearsparticularlyin the west and it seems that profound benefits of this discovery which laysstress on one’s own ability to recognise oneself and what the world knows as thePratyabijna is a paradigm shift and […]
