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.
( Kashmir Rechords Archives)
It was during 1996 Lok Sabha elections when over 2.25 Lakh Kashmiri Hindu voters had reportedly resolved to "dissociate’’ themselves from...
(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive)
Kashmir Valley is one of the most flood hazard-prone Himalayan regions. The valley has witnessed significant flooding during 879 AD, 1841, 1893,...
(Bhutto’s Execution April 4, 1979)
(Kashmir Rechords Excusive)
Forty-five years ago on April 4, 1979, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistan’s former President and deposed Prime Minister is...
( By: Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo)*
Continuing the tradition of according glory to Persian, the court language of the Mughals in the Indian subcontinent, Kashmiri Pandits...
(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...