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Capt Diwan Singh—Maharaja Hari Singh’s ADC

Capt Diwan Singh, known as ADC to Maharaja Hari Singh, the last ruler of Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir shall always be remembered for his loyalty, bravery and dedication. When Maharaja Hari Singh left...

World Cup 2011: When Dhoni tonsured his head!

A day after India's historic World Cup triumph on April 2,  2011, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was spotted in a new look with his head clean shaven, during an official photo-op session in front...

Urdu Satire That We Miss

Fikr Taunsvi --- Born as Ram Lal Bhatia

BP Sharma— J&K’s Walking Encyclopedia

( Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) Meet Baldev Prasad Sharma of Jammu and Kashmir who was listed in the Limca Book of Records for becoming the oldest working journalist for having worked  even at the age of...

Ashok Kak—- Kashmir’s Cultural Icon

(By: Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo) Among one of the surviving artists of Kashmir’s exalted and most popular daily radio soap opera “Zoondab” which has now become the cultural statement of sorts, the artist, Ashok Kak known...

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 had  lavishly lived and  typified  himself  in first half of...

Arvind Gigoo…. The Underrated Writer

( By: Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo) The Literature in Exile is a term that has a global dimension. Works of great literary merit have been produced by the authors who chose or were forced to live...

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 everything in its power to somehow assert its identity...