Category: Culture and Heritage
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The Gentle Colossus of Kashmiri Scholarship: Nityanand Shastri || By Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE
The Gentle Colossus of Kashmiri Scholarship: Nityanand Shastri || By Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE Described variously as the “crest-jewel among the scholars of Kashmir” and “one who dispels Avidya” (ignorance); Nityanand Shastri is assigned by universal acknowledgement a foremost place among the Sanskrit scholars of Kashmir in the 20th century. He was born in…
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Heegund –Arneegund naag in Kashmir || By Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE
Heegund –Arneegund naag in Kashmir || By Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE Heegund –Arneegund naag, as said has a curing properties because of its sulphur contents People throng for remedy in particular suffering from skin diseases, from adjoining areas It is situated in village Kheejogipora , about five km away from Kulgam It is surrounded…
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Kashmiri Pandits Not Kashmiri Hindus || By Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE
Kashmiri Pandits Not Kashmiri Hindus || by Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE Our community for several centuries are known as Kashmiri Pandits world over .The torch bearers of learning and dispensing knowledge in very facets of life that concern the human being inter alia the whole biosphere.Never in the contemporary history concerning to us have been mentioned as …
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MAHARAJA HARI SINGH A Tribute on his , Death Anniversary || By V.K. Wattal || LIVE IMAGE
MAHARAJA HARI SINGH A Tribute on his , Death Anniversary || By V.K. Wattal || LIVE IMAGE “ IF I am considered worth governing this State , then I will say that for me all communities , religions and races are equal. As a ruler I have no religion —- all religions are mine and…
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Book Review ‘NEELGAATHA’ writer Dr. Agnishekhar || by Avtar Mota || LIVE IMAGE
Book Review ‘NEELGAATHA’ writer Dr. Agnishekhar || by Avtar Mota || LIVE IMAGE ‘NEELGAATHA’ by Agnishekhar Published in August 2021 by Pralek Prakashan Pvt. Limited, Mumbai.ISBN 978-81-95410-78-1Long back , I read “Rashmirathi ” , one amongst the most popular epic poems composed by poet Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar’. In this epic poem, Dinkar Ji has presented the…
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Sweet memories, no more Sweet, of the Sweet Days | Kashmir || by Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE
Sweet memories, no more Sweet, of the Sweet Days | Kashmir || by Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE No more to rejoice wonderful moments of those cherished days .That has been buried deep beneath the agonizing heaped mound of exodus. All the time festering neither time makes them heal nor sobbing tears wash them out . It is another riches to rags story…
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LAL CHOWK HUB OF POLITICS, HISTORY & SOCIAL LIFE In KASHMIR || By Vijay Wattal || LIVE IMAGE
LAL CHOWK HUB OF POLITICS, HISTORY & SOCIAL LIFE In KASHMIR || By Vijay Wattal || LIVE IMAGE LAL CHOWK, the very name creates a sort of sensation in those people who are over the age of 60 years. LAL CHOWK is the heart of Srinagar what Cannaught place is to New Delhi and Bond street to…
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Gilgit Manuscripts: The Less Known Story || by Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE
Adventurism runs through the veins of Parimoos as such called Parium. The outsiders, in kashmiri called Aparium or one who does not stick at a particular place for a long time .Later got corrupted first into Parium and thereafter Parimoo. An itch to wander has developed a trait in them. To quench unsatisfying thirst to explore, understand the…
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Padma Sachdev Renowned Dogri Poet, Author& Writer || By V.K. Wattal || LIVE IMAGE
Padma Sachdev Renowned Dogri Poet, Author& Writer || By V.K. Wattal || LIVE IMAGE The passing away of PADMA SACHDEV , the famed and renowned , Dogri poet, author and writer is a sad blow to the cultural life of J&K UT in general and Dogri culture in particular. She breathed her last in a…
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Bhuteshwara Temple in Ruins Naranag, Wangat, Kangan Kashmir || by Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE
Bhuteshwara Temple in Ruins Naranag, Wangat, Kangan Kashmir || by Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE Adventurism gene running through the veins of this writer propelled this time to attempt a new route for pilgrimage to Mohand Marg. In the ordinary course it may not have been traversed by any one earlier other than the nomads. Marg is nestled…