The Cherry Tree

At an age when little girls play with dolls, Malik Irtiza opted to pick up a paintbrush, dip it in color and paint away her thoughts, no matter whether it was the walls or doors of her room. Several such ‘colorful strokes’ later, she…

Author: Nila Muni Date: 6 to 8 century A.D. Nilamat Purana is mentioned by Kalhana as one of the sources of the ancient history of Kashmir. In Buhler’s words it is a real mine of information regarding the sacred places of Kashmir and…

Her heart is still somewhere in Kashmir where she was born and where she grew up. Anu by profession studied science, but both her mind and heart were somewhere else. She opted to chisel art of creativity which was wanting to grow within…

The day had been long and tiring Clustered with various thoughts and emotions Honest work , corrupt systems , politics Natural relationships and superficial existence Why this greed for name and fame This lust for possessions and power?…

The generation in the late thirties is quite familiar with Shahzad Hussain. Over a period of time, he has been able to add a couple of feathers to his hat from getting the best actors award while still at school to becoming the first…

Sociolinguistic Research Very limited sociolinguistic work has been conducted in Kashmiri thus far. To begin with, Grierson (1911) and Kachru (1969) have listed certain linguistic characteristics of the speech of  Hindus and Muslims.…

Roma Wani wears many hats. A homeopathy doctor, a skilled administrator (She is a KAS) with important assignments like Health and Family Welfare, Sericulture, World Bank projects, and currently Honorary General Secretary, Indian Red Cross…

No way set the fire free, ablaze the obsession, within you and me, for that unbidden reality, let it all be... These are the mounts, high and low, and with ages they don't grow, its no love, but a naive show. See me burn, why be so…

Samina Khan is a very articulate and a warm person, who would go many extra miles to help others. Always armed with a smile, she believes in networking well.  From being a science graduate from Woman’s Collage M.A. Road, Srinagar, to her…

Linguistic studies of Kashmir, comprising of grammars, grammatical studies, lexicography, phonology, etc., began in the middle of the 19th century. The grammatical literature includes a variety  of materials written in the form of brief…