Art
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1.4KHolding 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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A revival in Kashmir’s ‘theatre of absurd’
As part of Kashmir’s syncretic culture, an obsolete show is springing back due to a showman’s resilient act. A veteran’s Balpora Budgam...
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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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‘Our skill is our saviour’: Meet master matrons of Kashmir
They’re unassuming, unsung sheroes of Kashmir’s cottage industry. Checkpora, Chadoora — In this calm countryside pocket planted with wailing willows and longstanding...
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‘Social Media has eliminated gap between literary mafia and public’: In conversation with Rumuz-E-Bekhudi
Reading something unusual, at times, may seem unreal—we think how did they let this pass the radar—because we are all so accustomed to...
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Sufis, Strings and Saaznawaz
“Nowhere in the world or even Central Asia would one be able to locate the Sufiyana Mausiki in it actual form other...
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Of cats and coyotes—a short story of chaos
‘An unusual mood engulfed the city. In the midday, the sun hid behind the clouds and darkness fell over. The mother cat...
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Sahitya spotlight: Did they just confuse Kashmiri criticism with chronology?
Authored as ‘biography’ and awarded as criticism, one of Sahitya winners lately failed to do justice with the spirit of the literary...
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‘My people didn’t recognise my talent’: In conversation with Qaiser Nizami
His possible big break in the global musical award show—where icons and cults annually lock horns over the gold—might be on the...
