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Kashmir, Bollywood posters & Chal Chal Re Naujawan

By: teawithrev Kashmir and Bollywood film posters have a unique connection!  Ever since the entry of Cinema into Kashmir, spotting of posters, pasted on walls, Tongas, Lorries, buildings etc.  have been a routine affair for...

IB Director’s Book on Kashmir Conspiracy.

The Book—`My Years with Nehru- KASHMIR’ by B N Mullik makes an interesting reading! Mullik was an Indian Civil Servant, spymaster and the second Director of the Intelligence Bureau of India (IB). He served...

Search for Judge Neelkath Ganjoo’s murderers

Years after his brutal killing at the hands of the terrorists in a broad day light in Srinagar Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir Police’s State Investigation Agency (SIA) is now searching for his murderers. The...

1965 War:When Pakistani troops had ‘entered’ Jammu City, ‘bombarded’ South Delhi!

          It was an early and breezy morning of September 7, 1965 when Pakistani troops had ‘entered’ Jammu city!                Sounds unbelievable, especially to those who are witness to the Indo-Pak war of 1965...

People of PoK are culturally closer to Dogras, Punjabis

Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK), which is a part of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, is 13,297 square kilometers in area and is divided into Muzaffarabad and Mirpur divisions. Political map of India...

Was harmonium once`untouchable’ in All India Radio !

(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) 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...

J&K Archival records speak high of  Tribune, Statesman

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...

Purchasing  an American gun in Kanpur !

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...