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SRINAGAR: At the beginning of the armed insurgency in 1989–90, the outlawed Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) sought to project itself as the force that would create an ‘Independent Kashmir’.
The symbolism was extraordinary. Militants reportedly forced people in parts of the Valley to set their watches to Pakistan Standard Time—a powerful psychological assertion that Kashmir was slipping out of India's control. The...
How a rare birch-bark manuscript from Kashmir solved one of the greatest mysteries of Vedic literature. Based on B.P. Sharma's archival research and the digitised The Kashmirian Atharva-Veda, this article retraces the remarkable journey of the Paippalada Atharva Veda from Srinagar to Tübingen.
(By: Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo)*
February 13, 1990: Director Doordarshan Kendra Srinagar, Lassa Kaul is shot dead by terrorists who considered him a stumbling block in...
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A piece of tragic history lies buried under picturesque area of Kulgam, Kashmir district’s snow covered Houen Heng (Dog’s Horn) peak, 4200...
Known to Kashmiris and the world for his classic translation of the twelfth-century Chronicle of Sanskrit poet, Pandit Kalhana’s Rajatarangini, Sir Marc Aurel Stein...
(By: Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo)
Kashmir Rechords in its previous four blogs had mentioned Englishman Mr. Winter Bedim’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir in 1847 recorded in the...
(By: R C Ganjoo)*
Pulwama and Anantnag, the two terror-affected districts in South Kashmir for the past many years, also have some inspiring stories about...
( By: Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo*)
Kashmir Rechords in its previous three blogs dated 9th, 12th and 30th December 2023 had mentioned an Englishman’s visit to Jammu...
Jammu based Kashmir Cultural Trust, a charitable organization working for the promotion of national cultural heritage especially of the Union Territory of J&K organised...