The beauty of Kashmiri hand-woven shawls
A few days ago, people celebrated ‘World Heritage Day’ with this year’s theme termed as ‘Heritage for Generations’. The day was also celebrated in the state of Jammu and Kashmir with the special official functions that were held at Jammu and Srinagar. The Department of Archives Archaeology and Museums on this occasion organized a special […]
Forgotten literature!
Without doubt we should take care of our spoken dialect, Kashmiri which since countries has been serving as the medium of communication although it hardly was a written language and never the official language of this land. As records suggest, it was Sanskrit and Persian that made to the courts and record rooms of this […]
Reviving tourism
During the Kashmir unrest of 2010 and 2016, Kashmir tourism suffered a huge set back which was already in a bad shape for a pretty long time. In those years such times also arrived when no foreigner was seen in the valley except few journalists who had merely come to perform their professional duties. […]
Calligraphy a forgotten art
In ancient times, when paper was not available to the literate class, they used to produce their writings in engraved form, on rocks, stones, coins etc. Later on when paper was invented, doors were left open for calligraphists to meet their needs and exhibit their artistic skill. After centuries together, writing appeared on paper. Initially […]
Police foil Hurriyat-G meet
Srinagar, Feb 24: Police on Saturday foiled a scheduled executive body meeting of the Hurriyat-G called here by its chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani. Geelani had called the meeting at his uptown Hyderpora residence in the city. A police contingent posted outside Geelani’s residence did not allow anybody, including media persons, to enter his house. […]
Promoting Kashmiri as a spoken dialect
We don’t need to teach it in schools instead should make it medium of instruction
“Kashmiri is our mother tongue and it will never die. Nobody needs to be worried about it”. These are the words of kashmiri musician, Bashmir Ahmad Lone. He says, it is deeply rooted in our mind and soul. In fact I also agree with him because a mother tongue is not adopted, it is our […]
Preserving Urban architecture
The historic cities of Kashmir have got glorious classical architectural traditions which are hardly seen at other places of the state. These traditions have been very much advanced than what is seen in our villages. The plan and construction of houses throughout the cities and towns has been better than the village houses. Mirza Haider […]
