Posts By Saima Shakeel
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2.4KFeatureDiscarded by doctors, saved by angels: Italian couple’s Kashmiri son
The Italian couple did what some big heart specialists of the valley couldn’t do. On the deck of the Queen of Mountain...
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Holding the fort—Kashmiri craftswomen’s art of resilience
An inside story of how Kashmiri women artisans are struggling to sustain the region’s crumbling craft industry. Zehra is making beautiful patterns...
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‘Aye Mahi Ramazan, Alvida’: Farewell in Kashmir’s faithful bazar
On the occasion of Jumatul Vida, the mood inside Dargah Hazratbal remains a mix of joy and sorrow. As the shimmering sanctum...
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Of poet, passage and Persian—How Kashmir influenced Central Asia
A cohort of connoisseurs met in Srinagar’s iconic Amar Singh Club on the cold morning of November 13, 2022 for a literary...
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Race or revival: How remixes are tuning contemporary Kashmir music
Recent musical releases are mostly old tunes set in new vocals, but is the mimic culture justifying Kashmir’s celebrated music legacy? A...
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Exploring mines, milieu—Kashmiri geologist’s Australian odyssey
Kashmir’s Hanji community is beyond its tourism tokenism. Some of them, like Aslam Chapri, are the global ambassadors of their homeland because...
