Tag: Kashmir

When ‘JKLF’ Put ‘Independent Kashmir’ on a Postage Stamp

(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) 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...

The Missing Link of the Atharva Veda: How Kashmir Preserved a Lost Vedic Tradition

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.
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Pity! Have We Forgotten Prof Mushir-ul- Haq, H L Khera?

( Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) On April 6, 1990, Kashmir University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Mushir-ul-Haq, his Personal Secretary, Abdul Gani Zargar and Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT)...

When Kashmiris Once Publically Renounced Politics!

( Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) Whatever may be the reason, Kashmiri politicians are presently showing other shades and hues of their true colour. In...

The Unheard  Sati Namah  by Pt. Birbal Kachru

( By: Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo)* Continuing the tradition of according glory to Persian, the court language of the Mughals in the Indian subcontinent, Kashmiri Pandits...

When Another `Indian Agent’ Was Killed in Kashmir!

Kashmir Rechords Exclusive Thirty-four years ago, on March 25, 1990, another `` Indian Agent’’ was  killed! This time, the `Agent’...

Denial of Justice, Recognition to a Martyr!

( Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) His family was denied pension for five years after terrorists shot him dead while on duty!  Over three and a...

  When Politicians  Failed to Highlight B K Ganjoo’s Killing!

( Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) On March 19, 1990, Bal Krishan Ganjoo,  an Engineer working with Indian Telecommunication Department, was shot dead by terrorists on the...

Dr R L Bhat’s `Core of Kashmir Shaivism’

              (By: Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo)* The historical materials pertaining to Hindu religious thought in Kashmir consistently pique the interest of scholars and academics. It is...

When RSS Saved J&K in 1947!

(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Jammu and Kashmir have a...

1990: When Bangladeshis were priority, not Kashmiri Pandits!

(By: K R Ishan) At a time when migration from Kashmir...

Bel Tai Madal—Men Behind It

The genre of Leela poetry in Kashmiri literature is said to have evolved from ``Vachun’’ and we notice a boost in this experimentation  since...

Women in Early Kashmir

(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive in Connection with International Women's Day) Once again, we are celebrating International Women’s Day. The exclusivity of such celebrations associated with women...

The last Shivratri Puja Kashmiri Pandits Performed in Kashmir!

(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) February 23, 1990 is the day that most of the Kashmiri Pandits would not forget! On this day, over 34...