Pandit Sarvanand Koul ‘Premi’: A Legendary Poet and Translator || Rajnath Bhat || LIVE IMAGE

Pandit Sarvanand Koul ‘Premi’            Pandit Sarvanand Koul ‘Premi’ is a household name across Kashmir. His talent, simplicity, humbleness, intelligence impressed every person who came into his contact or who read his creative writing in the form of poetry or prose. He was widely read, a polyglot and a prolific writer who…

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The Saga of Francis Younghusband and his Kashmiri saviours – Shukar Ali || By Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE

The name Younghusband though sounds strange, however, is not unfamiliar to Kashmiris. Well entrenched in the contemporary history of Kashmir, Francis Younghusband was a British Resident in Kashmir for two years between 1906 and 1908 when the state was under the rule of the third Dogra ruler, Maharaja Pratap Singh. Their friendship and personal bonhomie…

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Kashmiri Pandits: From Gens Religiosissima to Religious Scarecrows || Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE

What happened in Kashmir the other day has never happened ever before in the long annals of  the history of Kashmir . The incident was marked by the laying of the foundation stone of the Sharda Temple near the actual Line of Control between India and Pakistan inKarnah tehsil , at the last village   Tithwal at…

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संस्मरण || तेज़ हवा ,आम का पेड़ और माँ || By Dr. Agni Shekhar || LIVE IMAGE

संस्मरण || तेज़ हवा ,आम का पेड़ और माँ || By DR. AGNI SHEKHAR || LIVE IMAGE जम्मू के आकाश में उस दिन सुबह से ही हल्के हल्के बादल छाने लगे थे।अम्माजी का अनुमान था कि कभी भी वर्षा हो सकती है। सुनकर मैं उदास हो गया था। कुछ दिनों के लिए कश्मीर गये  पिता…

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A Million dollar question || Bhushan Parimoo ||LIVE IMAGE

Shiv Mandir Kupwara, Kashmir  The demand for the Kashmiri Hindu Shrines and Religious Places Management Bill  that has been projected  after the mass  exodus of 1990 .  Surfaced out of blue  once again inadvertently after deep slumber  that became a matter of deliberation in the social media  once more .  The reason for a news item  published 07 May, 2015, in the regard of…

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Anil Deshmukh in ED custody till November 12 custody granted by Bombay HC || by Kinshuk Arora || LIVE IMAGE

Bombay high court stays PMLA court order, grants Enforcement Directorate custody of Anil Deshmukh . The vacation bench of the Bombay high court on Sunday granted custody of former Maharashtra home minister and Nationalist Congress Party leader Anil Deshmukh to Enforcement Directorate  till 12 November, 2021 . Deshmukh was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate(ED) on November 1…

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Wakhan & Footprints of Sir Aurel Stein || by Bushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE

The Wakhan Corridor a  high mountain valley,  sparsely populate with about  12,000 inhabitants, in the shape of  a narrow  strip in Afghanistan  that extends to   China  shouldering with th a part of Gilgit baltistan belt of the Jammu  and Kashmir state, A trade route through the valley has been used by travellers going to and from East, South and Central Asia since…

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Kashmir Triassic Fossils Effaced : Untold Story || By Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE

Kashmir Triassic Fossils Effaced : Untold Story || By Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE Another attempt has been made  for   Triassic Fossil Park in Kashmir at Khonmoh, District   Pulwama  . The  Ziraat Times carried  the news the other day that  the    Environmental Policy Group  &  Srinagar Smart City Limited CEO cum Commissioner SMC Athar Amir Khan…

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