Featured Artist
Dina Nath Walli Born in 1908 Dina Nath Wali also known as Almast Kashmiri was a renowned water color artist and poet from Kashmir. He played a great role in bringing up Modern Art movement in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Works of Dina Nath Wali are known for visual depiction of everyday scenes […]
Featured Artist
Vincent Van Gogh “It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done” Vincent Willem Van Gogh who highly influenced 20th century art throughout his life remained poor and unknown. A post impressionist […]
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Sadequain Calligrapher, Painter, Mural Artist Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi, Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, Pride of Performance, Sitara-e-Imtiaz, also referred to as Sadequain Naqqash, was a world-renowned Pakistani artist, best known for his skills as a calligrapher and a painter. He is considered as one of the finest painters and calligraphers that Pakistan has ever produced. Sadequain was responsible for the renaissance of Islamic calligraphy in […]
FEATURED ARTIST
Ghulam Rasool Santosh Poet Painter Ghulam Rasool Santosh was a prominent Artist from Kashmir. Born in 1929 G R Santosh is known for his profound work on Kashmir Shavism. G R Santosh was from a Kashmiri Muslim family of modest means from Chinkral Mohalla Habbakadal neighborhood of old Srinagar. He had to give up his schooling after matriculation because of […]
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Artist in the making… Mohammad Iqbal Hailing from Chanapora, Tangmarg, a village in North Kashmirs district Baramulla, Iqbal is a 6th class student of Government Middle school Chanapora. Like most of the schools of our State this school is yet another sad story of sorts and complements the overall inadequate and an all-exclusive educational curriculum […]
FEATURED ARTIST- Waseem Mushtaq
Born in 1973 in Kupwara, Waseem Mushtaq is a well recognized artist of Kashmir. Founder of ‘Kashmir Contemporary Art’ an NGO to practice and promote Art in Kashmir which was active from 1995 to 1999. Waseem Mushtaq recalls the scenario of Art in Kashmir at the time he enrolled himself in the Institute of Music […]
Unabated Bloodshed consuming Kashmiri Youth
The youth is rightly termed as the season of hope. But in Kashmir this very season of hope is facing many perils- The biggest among them being the unabated bloodshed and rising trend of Kashmir youth opting for armed rebellion again India. Even some highly qualified youth have very recently chosen to walk this path. […]
IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN DIGNITY
Every human being has a right to live with dignity, respect and honor. Dignity can’t be earned and neither can be taken away. Every other good thing in life depends upon safeguarding of our fundamental dignity. Universal Declaration on Human Rights puts it as: recognition of inherent dignity of all the members of human […]
PSYCHOLOGY OF EMPATHY IN PATIENTS GETTING DIALYSIS AND CANCER TREATMENT
Due to easy accessibility of diagnostic tools or lack of seriousness shown by patients, more and more people are being diagnosed with Cancer or Chronic kidney diseases; besides, the role of food adulteration in Kashmir is yet to be confirmed as the cause of cancer. Our neighboring state Punjab has the highest rate of cancer in […]
AN OVERVIEW OF GLAUCOMA
By: Dr Rayees Ahmad The glaucoma is the second most common cause of blindness and first most common cause of irreversible blindness.The glaucoma is group of disorders characterized by progressive optic neuropathy having multiple risk factors ,the most important being the raised intraocular pressure. Fortunately the most important risk factor, raised intraocular pressure is currently […]
