When you hear your mum ask “heyy aaz kyahsa rannav suinn” (@mohsin_naqshbandi) 2. When you say Wasta Rass katra traaw sa baye (@thejunaidshah) 3. When you see kashmiri outside kashmir and say yoor te chi kashir aamit. (@aatiqshafiq) 4. When you get caught with your gf on valentine’s day..And you be like “kalaam_allah’as path ‘ez chey Yi […]
Tell us about yourself? I am Badrunissa Bhat and I’m 20 years old. I have completed my schooling from Sultan ul Arifeen Wakf Public School till 10th standard and rest of the studies from Green Valley Educational Institute. As a person I have keen interest in Literature, Art, Sufi Music, Sufi Literature, etc. My family […]
Tell us about yourself I am Faizan Hasan Khan, 26, from Downtown Srinagar. I am a Post Graduate in Civil Engineering. Although I studied engineering but my passion is elsewhere. From a very young age I aspired to help needy. As everyone is aware of the troubled times Kashmir has gone through and as a […]
Sidra Nazir from Gyawun.com talks to Sabreena Sidiqi, a Kashmiri social worker whose job involves working on LOC and in areas which are under security radar. Tell us about yourself To begin with my story, as you call it, I am Sabreena Sidiqi. I hail from Srinagar. I have done schooling from Presentation Convent School. After that […]
Dull person in Kashmiri Fireplace in Kashmiri Itching in Kashmiri Madman in Kashmiri Disorder in Kashmiri Bath in Kashmiri Nettle in Kashmiri Knot in Kashmiri Reed Mat in Kashmiri Stranger in Kashmiri Hungry in Kashmiri Rainbow in Kashmiri You can find more Kashmiri words here
Tell us about yourself. I am from a very simple middle-class family, born and brought up in downtown Khanyar (Srinagar) right when Tehreek was at its peak. My father moved to Leh for business after incurring huge losses due to daily blasts in the Budshah Chowk. I ended up doing my schooling till 10th grade […]
A full cup of tea is chai daam, a full roti is khend, a plate of rice is batte phol, a bowl full of curry is siyn pyoont. No meal is a meal without rice The bone make you remember struggle of taking Vyaes ( bone marrow) out of it. When drivas path ha gasav […]
Credit: Raqeeb Gulzar, Ahrar Qadri, Maizum Shah, Sameer Saran, Tahir Syed, Ali Hussain Meer, Sajjad Sofi Edited by Manan from Gyawun Cover photo by Majid Jeelani
Sheen Woman by Sabah Nargis Daku by Omar A Kirmani Kashmiri Woman By Molvi Faizan Kashmiri Man Minion by Misbah Iftikhar Traffic Police Snowman by Tufail Wani Brother by Sehrish Mir Cute Kid by Musaib Gulzar SRK Snowman Kashmiri Hen Adil Mubeen Mir, DPS School Teacher Bear Say Hello by Faiz Masudi Kanchet With […]
Lyrics of Bedard Daadi Chaane can be found here
Tanveer Ali is from HMT Srinagar.
1. Burhaan Kinu, a Kashmiri photojournalist working with Hindustan Times was awarded the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award in the Photojournalism category. 2. Zufa Iqbal won the prestigious Dr APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE award for inventing ‘Namda Rolling Machine’. 3. Jumsheed Hussain a Kashmiri, Executive Director, Credit and Risk Management at Qatar Development Bank was awarded the […]
Tell us about yourself? When I was 8, I picked up on a very peculiar habit of sketching what I observed around me. The idea of being able to capture moments on paper always en-kindled joy within me. To begin with my story as you call it, my name is Jasia Iqbal Nowshahri. I’ve done […]
“Kitchen is considered the heart of a home.” If this statement is in any case not of a significance in the “fast-food” era prevailing over the world, the Koshur kitchen proves to be true to the quote. Kitchen is truly the heart of a Kashmiri home and how can it not be? It has food […]
Meet Faisal Gul from Srinagar who is working in ONGC as an Executive Engineer in south India. He says he is a big time music lover and a part time singer, recently one his albums got released on YouTube. His song has grossed more than 58K views in two weeks. The best part is that the […]
My name is Bela Desai. I am from Mumbai. It was 10th June 2016 and my birthday. I gifted it to me…from me…an air ticket from Mumbai to Srinagar in coming December. I decided to travel all alone. Though I have two members in my family who belong to army background and it was against […]
Tell us something about yourself I am Kamran Nisar, a 26 year old Game of Thrones loyalist. Ummar is a 29 year old Coffee-connoisseur. As a duo, we are the people behind the inception of Winterfell Cafe. Why the theme Game of Thrones? Game of Thrones, a popular television series from the house of HBO […]
By Simer Kaur Sethi The New Year’s is here guys, how can we not dress up in our pretty traditional suits, sarees or lehengas. So, I chose this classic Kashmiri tilla work suit. Suit This Kashmiri traditional tilla work suit has an intricate embroidery which is handcrafted by Kashmiri artisans. Dupatta This maroon dupatta is […]
Gyawun presents in association with Penn Museum, a snippet of how Kashmir was in 1955. Video shows kinds of handicrafts made and social culture of Kashmiri people during that period.
22 words from Kashmiri language Zuv Miyon ALEY ALGAEB AZAAB DABAAV HALAA HATA WAYEE KALE KHARAAB KOLKUS KUS TAVAAN MAZE BALAYI NAENDER OBBAH PHATWANGUN TASRUFF THAV SA WEN TOTH TRATH WANKYA WANSA WOHWU YAKJAAH
One of the most thrilling, challenging and the glamorous trek – Chaddar. Chaddar- called so as the zanskar river freezes during the peak winter season thus forming a blanket of ice over it which acts as the only route for the zanskar people to travel to leh via chilling. This route was first brought […]
Author of this article Nitish Thappa was born in Mahraja Bazaar Srinagar, he did his schooling from Khalsa School Magarmal Bagh and then Biscoe school. He did his bachelors from SSM College, Pattan, Kashmir and currently works in Delhi. The streets are deserted, yet crowded. Crowded by the fears of residents and by the pride […]
If not in this moment, where else do you propose to live? Deliver thunder, God If you choose not to talk. May you live like the Lotus. At ease in muddy water When the world turns upside down it’s nice to have someone upside down with you Good times+ Crazy friends= Amazing memories Thats why […]
Gyawun interviews Chef Anayat Rahman – Inflight Chef with Etihad Airways . Being among only few inflight chefs in the world, he gets to work with VVIPS and has traveled to almost every major city of the world. His life comes about as an inspiration for others that with little more dedication everything can be […]
Once upon a time there lived a secret couple India and Pakistan. India lived with her Pupho British India, they couldn’t stop falling in love despite being from different religions. Their love had all those beautiful moments that make this feeling divine. They were happy together but the lady love couldn’t bear a child and […]