Culture

Part One By Prof Abdul Hamid Malik The world famous Shawl Industry was founded towards the close of the fourteenth century. The great industry owes its origin to a simple but interesting incident – the great saint, Mir Syed Ali Hambani…

By Prof. Abdul Hamid Malik Some writers believe that the textile industry existed in Kashmir in the early Neolithic age, that is more than 3000 years B.C. This opinion has been formed on the basis of a tile, which was unearthed at Burzahom…

The Quintessential Face of Kashmir Tourism Walking down the boulevard was always sheer pleasure not to talk about the experience of shikara ride in the Dal. Going down the memory lane, our first all girls shikara ride was quite a…

The Kashmiris contributed voluminously to the Sanskrit literature in India.  Not only in the field of poetics where the  Kashmirian scholars have excelled all others, their contribution in the field of philosophical and historical…

In about 8000 B.C. the Valley of Kashmir was a vast lake surrounded by the lofty mountains. The Nilamatapurana of Nila-nage is the earliest sources of information about the origin of Kashmir, its earliest inhabitants and its tirthas. It…

Character Building in Kashmir By C.E. Tyndale Biscoe Foreword by Sir Robert Baden Powell Published in 1920 by Church Missionary Society, London It was in the autumn of the year 1891 that His Excellency Lord Landsowne came to Kashmir,…

By Dr S.G. Nabi Over and above its natural scenic beauty, the Valley of Kashmir is well known to the whole world for her rich cultural heritage. We have inherited numerous traditions, customs and even beliefs compared with winch progress…

In kashmir, the earlier Brahmi alphabet was replaced by its descendant, the Sharada, also called Kashmiri or Koshur, around 9th century when the alphabet makes its appearance in the coins and inscriptions of Kings in the Avantivarman…

Despite many options available, Kangri or Kangar in Kashmir still endures its way into the culture and use. Walter R. Lawrence, the British settlement commissioner in Kashmir wrote in his book “What Laila was on Majnoo’s bosom, so is…

When we talk about Kashmir art, what comes to mind is delicate handwork, embroidery, wood carving and designing. One such delicate art that shows the artistic zeal of a craftsman is Papier-maché. Also called papier-maché (French for "chewed…