From Bhutto's execution in 1979 to the Al-Aqsa protests, the US bombing of Libya and the Salman Rushdie controversy, rare newspaper archives reveal how international crises repeatedly triggered unrest in Kashmir, with local minorities often bearing the consequences of conflicts far beyond the Valley.
In May 1983, Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie visited Kashmir, gave a rare interview to Radio Kashmir Srinagar and interacted with students at SP College. Within six years, the publication of The Satanic Verses transformed him from a celebrated literary guest into the centre of protests across Kashmir. Based on rare photographs and newspaper archives preserved by Kashmir Rechords, this feature reconstructs one of the Valley's forgotten cultural stories.
While Bollywood celebrates fiction, have we forgotten Amar Nath of Jammu & Roshan Lal Jalla of Kashmir?
(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive)
Cinema loves its spies—men of...
(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive)
In the autumn of 1942, amidst the sweeping changes of colonial India, a curious proposal made its way through the corridors of...
(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive)
The Intelligence Bureau (IB), India's internal intelligence agency, reputed to be the oldest such organization had suffered major causalities in Kashmir Valley...
While Parliament attack anniversary is being held every year to remember all those who lost their lives in guarding the Temple of Democracy, people in Jammu and Kashmir seem to have forgotten the lethal attack on the Legislative Assembly Complex by anti-national elements who used a four-wheeler loaded with explosives, rammed it into the main gate with three ``fidayeen’’ suicide bombers,
(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive)
Has the visionary artist, activist and cultural conscience-keeper faded from the memory of his own people?
By all accounts, Bansi Parimu ( Parimoo),...
(Kashmir Rechords Report)
From fleeing militancy in Srinagar to triggering a national debate on free speech, the Haryana Women’s Commission chief draws strength—and scrutiny—from her...
(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive)
The plight of Kashmiri Pandits has once again resurfaced in Jammu and Kashmir’s political discourse. This time, the infamous Anantnag riots of...
Kashmir’s allure has ensnared countless foreigners—some captivated by its beauty, others trapped by circumstances. From the elusive Wilson of 1936 to the foreign spouses...
on November 4, 1989, Judge Neelkanth Ganjoo’s body lay unattended—an unsettling reminder of the fear that gripped the valley
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The disturbances during 13th October 1983 One Day Cricket Match played at Srinagar, had taken place soon after India had won the World-Cup played in England and Wales (June 25, 1993). Some secessionists back-home must have not digested that. That is why they tried to avenge the West Indian defeat at Lords by digging the pitch at Srinagar the same year on October 13!