(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive)
Ever heard of snakes or stones snowing from the sky?No fairy tale, no folklore spun by firesides—this is a story buried deep in official archives, stamped, signed and preserved as part of Kashmir’s recent past.
More than a century ago, during the reign of Maharaja Pratap Singh, Kashmir witnessed two extraordinary and deeply unsettling phenomena: stones and snakes reportedly descending from the heavens...
What adds to the weight of these photographs is their provenance.
They were originally carried by the most widely read and trusted local newspaper of the time—a paper regarded as the voice of the people, read passionately by common Kashmiris and the intelligentsia alike. The photographer and reporter behind these images were darlings of Kashmiri society, not outsiders, not propagandists.
This was Kashmir documenting itself.
(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive)
Once a place for keeping Royal Elephants, it is now a famous Sabzi Mandi (Vegetable Market) of Jammu City!
Situated in the...
(From the Feudal Dogra State through Independent India to the Present-day Naya Bharat)
(By: Dr. S.N. Pandita*)
Introduction
From a State Subject to Permanent Resident and now...
( By: Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo)*
We are highly indebted to Rafi Ahmad Masoodi Sahab, Educationist, Writer, Historian and a distinguished Academician, originally from...
(By: R C Ganjoo)*
Whenever and wherever the future of Gilgit- Baltistan (now under the illegal occupation of Pakistan) region is discussed, naturally Jammu &...
