All posts tagged "Culture"
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3.1KCultureIn Photos: Young Kashmiris giving wings to old passion
‘I’ve brought these pigeons because I love keeping them. When I’m with them, I don’t think I need to think about any...
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4.1KCulture
Cries, candies, celebrations: Inside Kashmir’s ceremonial tonsuring
The significance of the ritual is so profound that people can go from one part of Kashmir to another to have their...
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3.4KFeature
The portrait of Kashmir’s floating legacy
How the quintessential Kashmiri hospitality became a hospice of history. At a striking spot in the iconic Dal Lake unruffled by tourist...
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4.0KCulture
In Pictures: Ramzan vibes and varieties in Kashmir
“It doesn’t feel like Ramzan,” says Amir, looking at the street footfall and piles of unattended dates. “Something has changed.” Inside Srinagar’s...
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4.8KCulture
Wailing witnesses: The Chinars of Kashmir
Chinars! What must have passed under their comfortable shades, of men assembling at noon complaining of toils, admitting thankfulness, women solemnly swearing...
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1.1KJammu & Kashmir
BJP-RSS trying to break composite culture of JK, says Rahul Gandhi
Jammu: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who is on a two-day visit to Jammu, said that the BJP-RSS combine was trying to break...
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2.8KJammu & Kashmir
To restore lost glory of Pashmina, Craft Centre to focus on hand woven legacy
Srinagar: In order to restore the lost glory of Pashmina shawls, a Srinagar based training centre Craft Centre for Excellence in Pashmina...
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5.4KCulture
Kashmiri homes becoming unbearable in summers — why?
Before being brought down in a dramatic manner, drones would capture a corrugated cityscape which once had colourful flowerbeds blooming atop. Amid...
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2.2KHeritage
Whitewashed murals and ‘save the sanctum’ campaign in Kashmir
A viral picture showing blatant bureaucratic toying with the heritage shrine lately created an outcry in the ‘valley of saints’. A fortnight...
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2.8KCulture
Photo Essay: Shab-e-Meraj, empty Mosques, and locked-up Khaanqahs
While lighting an incense stick with the flame of a melting candle, Zarnaq, a ten year old girl at Hazratbal told me...
