Category: Jammu and Kashmir
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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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Merza Kak || By Pandit Sarvanmand Kaul Premi || LIVE IMAGE
Merza Kak || By Pandit Sarvanmand Kaul Premi || LIVE IMAGE Under the laid down criterion by the academic world of literature, ‘Merza-Kak. auhored by Premi Ji is established monograph. …
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Fall of Muzaffarabad || By Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE
Fall of Muzaffarabad || By Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE The fall of Muzaffarabad has left many questions unanswered? Located on the banks of the Jhelum and the Krishan Ganga rivers.At the western end of the Kashmir Province bordering Pakistan had been of a very strategic importance from a defense point of view . From…
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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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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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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…