Tag: Kashmiri Pandit

R.C. Kak on Trial: The Forgotten Kashmir case that drew Patel, Nehru, Sheikh Into same file

(By: Dr Rajesh Bhat*) In the turbulent months after Independence, while Jammu & Kashmir was being transformed by war, accession and political upheaval, another drama was unfolding in Srinagar: the prosecution of Rai Bahadur Pandit Ram Chandra Kak, who had served as Prime Minister of Jammu & Kashmir from June 1945 until August 1947. A 160-page file of the Ministry of States, Kashmir Branch, preserved in...
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The Manuscripts that survived Gilgit’s cold, Kashmir’s war

Kashmir Rechords Exclusive In the summer of 1931, two cattle-grazers near Naupur village, a few kilometres from Gilgit, stumbled upon something that had remained hidden for more than a millennium. A piece of wood was protruding from the earth. They began digging. Beneath the mound lay an ancient structure, and inside it, a collection of manuscripts written largely on the fragile bark of the birch tree. What...
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Sharda Peetha—The Resurgence

(By:Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo)*  In response to   Kashmir Rechords’ Blog dated December 20, 2023 under the title ``Sharda Peetha- Victim of Willful Apathy’’, (to be accessed...
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 Sharda Peetha—victim of willful apathy

At the moment when this blog is being written, Sharda temple along with the area annexed over large swathes of breathtakingly beautiful and spiritual...
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Englishman’s 1847 travel to Kashmir via Jammu

( By: Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo)* We are highly indebted to Rafi Ahmad Masoodi Sahab, Educationist, Writer, Historian and a distinguished Academician, originally from...
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Vasudev Reh—a far-sighted poet

 Help in finding out our Unsung Heroes Throughout history, there have been countless individuals whose remarkable contributions have been overlooked, overshadowed or forgotten. These unsung...
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A Kashmiri Pandit diplomat, a spy and a Historian of yesteryears buried in Delhi !

www.kashmir-rechords.com Pandit Mohan Lal Kashmiri  alias Mirza Quli Kashmiri alias Agha Hassan Jan Kashmiri-----  sounds interesting! But that is how this polyonymous from Zutshi clan...
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Makhzan Asrar—A Kashmiri Pandit’s Urdu gift

( By: Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo) It is always a matter of immense joy when upon revisiting the history of an ethnic group that presently assembles...
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Hari Krishna Kaul–  A celebrated Kashmiri Writer

( Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) Hari Krishna Kaul (1934-2009) has remained as one of the major Kashmiri playwrights of the modern era who started his...
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Kalhana’s Rajtarangini—how it got revealed?

Kalhana’s Rajtarangini which has made Kashmir famous all over the world and accorded it unique credit  in terms of being the only region where there was an established tradition of historiography unlike anywhere in the subcontinent.
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Massive decline of Kashmiri Pandits during 100 years

(Records, Census figures speak everything) If the records are to be relied upon, there has been a massive decline of Kashmiri Pandits living in Kashmir...
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Literature in Exile

By: Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo Nissim Ezeikel had once said that the age of literature is dead. The statement must have been made in a vivid...
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I Was a Kashmiri Pandit— A Mukhbir!

(By: B. Revti) Veer Munshi does not need any formal introduction. He is one such artist who is able to transform his experiences as an...
Kashmiri Pandits- Post Migration

Koshur—-Is it The End?

Parents in spite of the challenges they are facing should continue to strike a rapport with their children and converse in Kashmiri. This is the only way to preserve our identity as Kashmiris.
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