2013

The winter season is a welcome change after the gruelling summer in Delhi. The nip in the air feels gentle as against the memories of gusts of pinching cold breezes of the winters of yesteryears in Kashmir . Kashmir has been a gracious host…

During the first quarter of the 19th Century, the imports of shawl-wool varied between 1.5  lakh lbs to 3 lakh lbs annually. Shawl  wool was imported from Lass (Tibet) Ladakh and Yarland. The average daily earning of shawl wavers ranged…

Once upon a time, it was very rare to find Kashmiri girls managing eateries or taking up positions where public interaction was the only job profile. Times have changed, and so has the thinking. Today, Kashmiri girls no longer restrict…

By K.C.I.E. Sir George Grierson Published in 1920 PREFACE THE collection of songs edited in the present volume possesses a two-fold interest. Composed so long ago as the fourteenth century A. D. It claims the attention not only of the…

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…

Every person leaves childhood back but with few streaks of memories from the past. Sanjay Kachru, during the past couple of decades, changed many hats, not just to survive, but to also put together an enterprise that was not his forte.…

Pieces of my broken soul still cling to you Drooping breaths from frail limbs of life Moonbeams, like quicksilver, skid down my ashen face I see them quivering and squirming In tiny puddles of lashing rain Creating ripples of longing, of…

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…

Over many cups of tea during an interesting conversation with the man responsible for bringing Bollywood to Kashmir, we learned more as he continued on his escapades with the stars and star makers. At one point in time, he was responsible…

From the Book "KASHMIR' By Sir Francis Younghusband 1st Published in September 1909 The most striking of the side-valley is undoubtedly the Sind Valley. A fourteen-miles ride, or a night in a boat, takes the traveller to Ganderbal at its…