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Shawl Industry evolution by Prof Abdul Hamid Malik – Part Two

The Cherry Tree Dec 20, 2013 0

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…

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Fahmeda Akhter | Managing Eatery, Srinagar International Airport, Srinagar

The Cherry Tree Dec 13, 2013

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…

Gaash

Lalla-Vakyani Or the Wise Sayings of Lal-Ded – A Mystic Poetess of Ancient Kashmir

The Cherry Tree Dec 6, 2013 0

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…

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Shawl Industry – evolution by Prof Abdul Hamid Malik

The Cherry Tree Nov 29, 2013 4

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…

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Sanjay Kachru | Brand Owner, New Delhi

The Cherry Tree Nov 22, 2013

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.…

Soulache – A poem by Syed Rabe’a Bukhari

The Cherry Tree Nov 15, 2013 0

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…

The Evolution of Kashmir’s Textile Industry

The Cherry Tree Nov 8, 2013 0

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…

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Nazir Bakshi – Part Two

The Cherry Tree Nov 1, 2013

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…

The Sind Valley

The Cherry Tree Oct 18, 2013 0

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…

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The Shikarawallahs

The Cherry Tree Oct 11, 2013 0

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…

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