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Laal Lakhman….Kashmir’s Formidable Humorist Poet

By: Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo A great civilization like Kashmir must claim and reflect a long tradition of humor in its literature, folk tales, writings and way of life. It definitely lives up to its reputation...

Advani’s last visit to Sheetal Nath Temple of Srinagar in 1989

Former Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister, Sh Lal Krishan Advani’s last visit to historic Sheetal Nath Temple of Srinagar, Kashmir, was on September 15, 1989. He had to rush to Srinagar in order...

Gwasha Lal Kaul: Kashmir’s prominent Journalist of pre-Independent era

Gwasha Lal Kaul was one of the most bold and prominent Journalist Kashmir has ever produced. Besides a historian, he used to publish ``The Kashmir Chronicle’’ from Srinagar before 1947, which he had founded...

India- Australia Cricket Series of 1964 and Kashmir Press

Cricket in every season and every year is a religion in India! Ever since its advent in the sub-continent, people have always exhibited their interest to know and discuss about the game and its...

Kashmir’s silk route

Kashmir with great geo-strategic significance, connecting Indian sub-continent with Central Asia and rest of the world, since ancient times, has   served as an economic corridor between South and Central Asia. The three principal highways...

Abdul Rehman—Kashmir’s Hakim of Shri Bhatt’s progeny

Kashmiris of yore (it is hoped that plenty still exist) would be very familiar with the word ``Hakim’’, the traditional physician who ran the predominant private  and parallel health system of Kashmir actively even...

Who is who of ghosts and spirits in Kashmir?

By Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo Almost anywhere, usage of certain words pertaining to ghosts and spirits springs up unconsciously in our daily conversation. Many may not know much about them now, thus, let us revisit and...

`Mahabharata’—Kashmir’s last peaceful TV serial

By: B Revti `Mahabharata’, a Hindi-language epic television serial based on the ancient Sanskrit epic Mahabharata, is perhaps the last television serial which the Kashmiris watched back then, when the peace of the bygone...