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🎶 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...

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

How a cook’s fiery speech, outside propaganda, and political provocation led to one of the darkest, most distorted chapters in Kashmir’s history (Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) In the long and often manipulated history of Kashmir, few dates...

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...

Amarnath Vaishnavi: From Opposing Homeland to Championing It

(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) Amarnath Vaishnavi (August 24, 1925 – July 1, 2012), revered today as the “Father of the Kashmiri Pandit Community,” remains one of the most respected and towering figures in Kashmir’s socio-political history....

Kashmiri Pandits, C/o Tent No…….!

   From Palatial Homes to Tent Numbers: The Unwritten Obituaries of Exile (Kashmir Rechords Exclusive)   By the time Prem Nath Bhat, a prosperous landowner from Watarkhani in Kashmir’s Kupwara district, breathed his last, his identity had...

Sabotaged Returns: Why Kashmiri Pandits Still Remain in Exile?

(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) Despite multiple policy pushes, emotional appeals and community-driven initiatives, the return of Kashmiri Pandits to their homeland has remained elusive for over three decades. At the heart of this long delay lies...

Wreckage in the Snow – Remembering the 1966 Kashmir Air Crash!

(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive)   The tragic crash of a London-bound passenger flight from Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025, just moments after takeoff, has shaken the world’s conscience. The disaster, which claimed numerous lives in the air...

The Vanishing Spring Shrines of Kashmir

(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) Trisandhya, south of Divalgam, flowed thrice daily during Baisakhi—its rhythm so divine that Persian poets composed verses about it.Rudra Sandhya, west of Verinag, flowed only in April–May. Pawansandhya, once said...