All posts tagged "Featured"
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9.1KHeritageHaunting history of Kashmir’s ‘tallest’ house
“It was believed that the lights reflecting from the vehicles coming from Banihal could be seen from the top storey of the...
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5.3KFeatureTraditional tools coming to a grinding halt in Kashmir
The use of mortar and pestle is a symbol of Kashmir’s rich cultural heritage and its connection with ancient culinary techniques. A...
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3.5KObituaryOde to Abba: A Kashmiri weaver’s devotional life
Of all things criminal in life, the criminality of withering relationships feels the worst. Drowning the voice, which mustn’t stay unheard, like...
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2.6KArtThe thud of shush—death of creativity in Kashmir
As Sumaira and Sikander were speaking of their finished but unbegun stories, it felt more like the ghost of their lost part...
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3.8KArtHolding 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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3.1KAchieversA tailor’s mastery cuts his tribe’s mendicancy to pieces in Kashmir
Lack of social support often forces differently-abled persons to beg for living on streets as seen in the holy month of Ramazan,...
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4.4KIn DepthRehman Rahi’s language legacy has a new heir-apparent and he has a book too
Whatever literature, small or big, is wrought out in Kashmir, is largely either in English or occasionally in Urdu. Not many writers...
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4.8KCulturePhoto walk in Srinagar—the city of moorings and metaphors
Amid urban myths and legends, Srinagar has stayed snappers’ picture perfect owing its heritage and history. Jhelum’s Ghat No. 9 is a...
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3.6KCrimeSlaughter ended a sibling’s promise in Kashmir
Amid shock and rage, the sibling recalls last moments and the promise that ended with a life. When a bucket full of...
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8.8KCultureOf Vakhs and Shruks: The gnostic exchange between two Kashmiri mystics
“If Lal Ded roasts our hearts on the fire of love, then Nund Reshi does nothing less than move a mountain.” Lal...
