The Cherry Tree

Seemingly articulate with his choice of words focused and determined Shahnaz Bashir has an independent thought about many things. A topper in his Mass Communication & Journalism Course from MERC, University of Kashmir, he has nearly a…

By Francis Younghusband, K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E. Part 4 Passing now over a period of six centuries, the only authentically recorded event in which is the reign, A.D. 515, of Mihirakula, the ‘White Hun’, a persecutor of the Buddhist faith, ‘ a…

By Prof. Dr. Token D. Sumai Part 4 The historical value of this very important information provided by Hiuen Tsiang has been challenged. It is also suspected that it is only a pious fabrication of the famous Chinese traveler who came to…

Unrest in the Valley in the 1990s changed the course of Namrata professional bearing. After finishing her engineering, she took up a course in management so as to stay aloof from the unrest in the Valley. Today, she has many…

By Francis Younghusband, K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E. Part 3 Thus among the first authentic facts we can safely lay hold of from among mistry and elusive statements of exuberant Oriental historians, is the fact that Ashoka’s sovereign power extended…

By Prof. Dr. Token D. Sumai Part 3 According to the Buddhist traditions, Kanishka, the Kushan Emperor, held his Buddhist Council in Kashmir.  He was advised by Parsva (Parsvika) to summon all the monks for collection of sacred texts, and…

While it is very important to follow the star of your destiny, it is much required of a person to listen to one’s heart.  Saba Shafi, a pass-out of Presentation Convent School just did that.  After graduating in English Literature from…

By Francis Younghusband, K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E. Part 2 On a perfectly open and even plain, gently sloping away from a background of snowy mountains, looking directly out on the entire length both of the smiling Kashmir valley and of the snowy…

By Prof. Dr. Tokan D. Sumai Part 2 "And a Bodhisattva lived in this country as the sole lord of the land, namely the glorious Nagarjuna, who resided at Sadarhadvana." It was he, who denominated the sakaera, now in vogue in India. Soon…

A graduate from Government College for Women, Srinagar, is also a Certificated  Associate of The Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB) from the Indian Institute of Banking & Finance, Delhi, and a Post Graduate in ‘The Human Rights’ from…