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From Pamposh and Shyama Zutshi to Shammi Kapoor’s romantic Kashmir, the Valley has shared a remarkable century-long relationship with Indian cinema. Then the cameras and cinema halls disappeared amid turmoil. Now, with Bollywood returning, theatres reopening and the International Film Festival of Jammu & Kashmir bringing world cinema to the Valley, Kashmir’s cinematic journey has entered a new chapter.

(Kashmir Rechords Archival Exclusive) Most of us know that the erstwhile State of Jammu & Kashmir had its own currency. But how many know that it also had its own postage stamps and postal system? The Dogra state began issuing its own postal stamps in 1866, during the reign of Maharaja Ranbir Singh — part of a wider tradition among several princely states of maintaining their...