MOHAN RAINA – The soul artist of Kashmir
Book Review
Illustrations of Umar Khayyam’s poetry. Some artists are born of a feather. Art reaches out to a soul to house its flights of imaginative treasures. Artist Mohan Raina was one such born of a quiver of plumes. His art flew. It reached unknown shores. Some rose like a tidal wave, some in a […]
INDIA AT 75
Lady who saw the first Indian PM crying copious tears …
“Ae Mere Watan Ke Logo …” indisputably one of the most moving patriotic songs of India, replaced the traditional Christian hymn “Abide with me”, for this year’s Beating Retreat Ceremony marking the 75th year of Independence of India. ‘Abide with me’ was decades old, staple tune that concluded the musical extravaganza of Republic Day celebrations. Incidentally, […]
“Relived my childhood by sleeping in my room after 75 years”
90-year-old Reema Chibber returns from Pak
Wagah Attari Border (AMRITSAR): Getting a chance to have a sound sleep in your childhood bed room after 75 years that too when the house housing the bedroom is now in another country, is a feeling that can’t be expressed in words. Yes, Reema Chibber Varma lived this moment as she visited her home in […]
90-year young Reema crosses border to visit her Rawalpindi home
Excited, sad, elated and melancholic…
Wagah Attari Border: Reena Chhibber Varma’s milestone 90th birthday year (born in 1932) was a dream come true after 75 years, as she walked today across the Radcliff Line International Border between India-Pakistan, to fulfill her ardent desire to see her birthplace and childhood home in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, again. Reena expressed herself on this momentous moment in […]
After 75 years, 92-year-old Pindi girl will visit her parental home
Courtesy social media, a Pakistani journalist and Pakistan’s minister of state for external affairs, Hinna Rabi Khar, Reena Chhibber is all set to crossover from Wagah on 16th July
As she trekked on that fateful day of 14th August 1947, with two sisters, and three boys- sons of family friends, along with her mother and little brother, all the way from Solan to Simla –A trek of 30-mile (48.28 Kms), little did 15-year old Reena Chhibber know, the forthcoming event spelling […]
Magic of “THREE” and Gurez
“Three” spellings of Gurez Just as a love child is called out by many a loving name, so is our little Gurez. By that parameter the formal name or ‘school kanaam’ is Gurez. The other two are spoils of the first in what is considered affection or in endearment. Gurez: […]
Magic of “THREE” and Gurez
Gurez showered a rare clairvoyance. How was I to know that I would roll into its folds and venture into the Magic tunnel of “Three”? As I glided across the unbelievable beauty of Gurez, I picked up gems that surprisingly added up to the enchanting number – “Three”. This fascination kept gathering steam, irrespective of […]
Gurez Floral Wealth: Rich Resources, Rich Returns
INTERVIEW
Om Parkash Sharma ‘Vidyarthi’, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests J&K, a man of the wild woods, could easily compete with Google on instant answers about plants, botanical names, uses, and properties. And like Google he can keep unfolding the cabbage layers of the greenies, their medicinal value, folklore, fragrance, and everything else, he can go […]
Power woes in Gurez – II
GUREZ SERIES…
Connect Gurez with the Solar farm of Ladakh There is a significant pitch, to connect Gurez with the massive Ladakh Solar Project commenced in 2018 that is claimed, to redirect the entire region towards cleaner energy besides also turning it into an energy-exporting zone for parts of the country. The ambitious project of 7.5 GW […]
UNFAIR: Power woes in Gurez?
GUREZ SERIES…
Disha lay on the rock, face down, scooped up the water in her cupped hands, from Gurez’s legendary Habba Khatoon spring and slowly sipped it. “Gurez has a distinct and delightful ‘Taste Profile’”, she declared, enjoying the sweet flavour of dewy water emerging from the Habba Khatoon – the poet queen’s mountain peak. Disha’s hubby, […]
