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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...

Liberating Pakistan Occupied Kashmir

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...

Kashmir and Jalodbhava

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...

Did Jesus Christ ever visit Kashmir?

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...

Arin Maal – Kashmir’s neglected poetess

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...

Relevance of Kashmir Shaivadarshana

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...