Swaroop Kishan—the first Kashmiri who umpired cricket
Swaroop Kishan ,the first Kashmiri Umpire, is one such gentleman who had the honour of umpiring in that glorious period.
Should Kashmiri Pandits read Ashok Kumar Pandey’s book on Kashmir?
A Book Review By: B. Revti The story of Kashmiri Pandits and the most unfortunate exodus that this community had to undergo in Independent India and who are facing extinction and acknowledged ethnic cleansing has been narrated, commented and counter- debated by a plethora of writers, commentators, journalists, film producers…
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 of that statement. However, the same is not to be equated with high decibel, vulgar…
Rita Kaul: The pioneer female TV artist from Srinagar
Doordarshan Day By: Dr. Rajesh Bhat Sixty-four years ago, on September 15, 1959, Television made its formal entry in India with the launch of the first TV channel ‘`Television India”, which started broadcasting from the studios of All India Radio, Delhi on experimental basis. This experiment was followed by inauguration…
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 in 1939. Kaul, during the same period, was also the President of Kashmir Journalists Association and…
