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2.1KHow Kashmir celebrates Milad
The celebration of the Prophet’s birth in Kashmir stretches back to the 14th century. It grew through khanqahs, relics, and gatherings that...
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1.7KWhy saying ‘Bismillah’ matters: Mindfulness lessons from a 16th-century Kashmiri sufi
Muslims begin almost everything with Bismillāh – from prayers to the simplest daily acts. In 16th-century Kashmir, the Sufi Baba Dawud Khaki...
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1.9KUnfolding 16th century essential: Structure and background of Qasīda-e-Zarūriyya
In the 16th century, Kashmir, an Islamic scholar enamoured by the companionship of his spiritual guide, heads into a mountain cave. After...
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880The long shadow of breast cancer in rural Kashmir
Many families are losing mothers in their 40s and 50s as stigma, scarce screening, and lifestyle changes fuel an alarming rise in...
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2.6KThe men who woke the sleeping looms of Kashmir
There was a time when Kashmiri carpets crossed oceans to reach John Rockefeller’s floors. Today, in a sunlit workshop, two Kashmiris are...
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2.0KHow Kashmiri oral tradition finds an emancipator in Hatim Tilwoeyn
At the core of Kashmir’s heritage is its oral tradition, a time-honoured practice in which stories, tales, and ballads were handed down...
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17.7KEinstein in Gulmarg
That Kashmir’s wonderland is becoming a wasteland is a barking comment on community’s waste-disposal habits. At a recent family gathering, the conversations...
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2.9KChampions of Learning: How two teachers defy winter in Kashmir
On a bitterly cold day of January 2024, Nusrat Nazir’s hands tremble to write a square root formula. She’s sitting in a tiny...
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3.5KOde to Poet—Saleem Al Naffar and the Spirit of ‘Sumud’
Within life’s colorful weave, versifier Saleem Al Naffar stood as a beacon of national pride, revered for his boundless generosity, approachable spirit,...
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2.9KWhat fails Idea of Education: A Kashmiri Class 10 student addresses Elephant in Room
Writer’s Note: With the rising demands for extra classes and competency between students of different grades, I strongly believe it’s important that...
