Monthly Archives: March 2017
‘Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Sheikh-Ul-Alam International Airport at Srinagar’ – no other announcement in this world overwhelms me more than this one. With my eyes closed, I can vividly visualize each and every day I spent at Kashmir. My name is Sweta Roy Mukherjee. My husband and me were in Kashmir for about two […]
My name is Wan Mohd Ruzie. I am from Malaysia and I am photographer. I choose photography as my career because I love nature and travelling to places. It just happened that one of my newly wed clients wanted to do a post wedding shoot in some exotic place. We thought of doing it in […]
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Father in Kashmiri is called Mole or Bab. Mother in Kashmiri is called Mouj Daughter in Kashmiri Son in Kashmiri is called Nechu Sister in Kashmiri is called Beni Brother in Kashmiri is called Boi Maternal aunt in Kashmiri is called Mass Paternal Aunt in Kashmiri is called Poph Father-in-law in Kashmiri is […]
We asked our audience that are women in Kashmir treated differently than men. Everyone agreed that women are treated differently, while most agreed that they are treated badly as compared to men, few believed actually women are treated better than men in Kashmir. Here are few responses we had got. Shazia Wani It’s not about Kashmir […]
Article by Manan Mushtaq Hakak Being born in Kashmir and asked to count best childhood memories may make you melancholic for a while because things like firing, curfew and crackdown strikes your mind but admist all this grimness and horror there used to be some best moments too which we still cherish and possess as our […]
Sidra Nazir from Gyawun talks to Dr Mohammed Maqbool Mir, former Professor and HoD ENT, GMC Srinagar, and founder of Voluntary Medicare Society which is working to decrease the stigma associated with mentally and physically challenged individuals. Tell us about yourself I, Dr Mohammed Maqbool Mir am the third child of seven, grew up in the typical […]
Interview done by Ufaq Fatima from Gyawun Tell us about yourself My name is Meral Kathwari. I am a 22 year old Kashmiri-American. I was born in Kashmir but raised in Italy and the United States. Now I currently live in between New York and Kashmir. I’ve completed my Bachelors in Mass Communications: Journalism with […]
Kashmir is called Paradise on Earth for a good reason! It truly is so mesmerising that when the WeddingNama couple Kiran & Vipul wanted to shoot in snow, Gulmarg was the first choice! Everyone, specially the couple braved negative temperatures to do something that had never been done before. WeddingNama planned the shoot in February […]
To the morally strong, mentally empowered, kind, naturally compassionate, empathetic, happy in their skin and to those women specially who don’t find men as the reference to validate their position but consider them as a important aspect that is equally important in their own special way for successful society. Hence, treating them too with their […]
US Soldier Vaden Carney and his date Pam Rumbold, walking along a path. Looking over the city of Kashmir. Lost in each other and the nature Cigarette time Having a picnic at Mughal Gardens Playful Playing in the water as native children watch. Leaving the houseboat displaying paper mache Kashmir crafts. Walking the streets of […]