Jammu & Kashmir-Life Style Archives

When Chenab Roared: 1992 Bridge Tragedy Recalled Amid 2025 Flood Havoc

When Chenab Swept Away Maharaja Hari Singh’s Iconic Akhnoor Bridge!

(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) Torrential August 2025 rains and lethal flash-floods in Jammu hills have reopened a grim chapter in the region’s collective memory: September 1992, when the Chenab River roared through Akhnoor and tore away a span of the historic Karan Bridge, built during the regime of Maharaja Hari Singh.…

byKashmir Rechords
Aug 22,25
Cultural History, Historical, Jammu & Kashmir- Heritage, Jammu & Kashmir-Life Style, Princely States

Shikaras on Hussain Sagar ? A Forgotten 1963 Proposal Linking Kashmir, Hyderabad

When two iconic lakes nearly shared a dream of floating restaurants, Shikaras and houseboats (Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) In the archives of history, some stories shimmer with what-might-have-been. One such tale comes from an unlikely connection between Andhra Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir, dating back more than sixty years—when Hyderabad’s famed…

Ban it, and they will read it.

Banning 25 Books in J&K: Shielding Minds or Selling Narratives? The government’s recent ban on “secessionist” literature may have done the opposite of its intent — boosting online searches, reviving forgotten authors and giving critics fresh ammunition. By:Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo* They say the quickest way to make someone read a…

byKashmir Rechords
Jul 31,25
Jammu & Kashmir- Heritage, Jammu & Kashmir-Life Style, Kashmiri Pandits- Post Migration

Bansi Parimu: The Forgotten Flame of Kashmiri Modernism

(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) Has the visionary artist, activist and cultural conscience-keeper faded from the memory of his own people? By all accounts, Bansi Parimu ( Parimoo), (1933–1991) was no ordinary painter. He was a modernist with a mission, a fierce cultural force, an environmental and social activist, and a voice…

byKashmir Rechords
Jul 03,25
Jammu & Kashmir-Life Style, Jammu & Kashmir-Politics, Life Style

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 brigade—comprising those whose designs he dared to defeat, along with a curious section of…