If you are a Kashmiri and you have lived or studied outside of Kashmir, you will find this video by h1 Production quite hilarious. This video highlights the moments you as Kashmiri has to face in office and with friends. This is just fun to watch
It was the Summers of 1976 early June. I was sitting in an Indian Airlines plane travelling to Srinagar from Delhi with my parents and younger brother. Just an hour and 20 minutes flight I was petrified of flying and just wanted to get there so that my vacation could begin. Till then I was […]
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Lyrics of Deepali Wattals song Az Haye Aam Paaneh Baalyaar Lalleh lalnouwum amaar Az haye aam paaneh baalyaar Wasiye chum Myea chik chaaw Mahraaz myoun haye aaaw Wathras poshay amaar Az haye aaam paaneh baalyaar Chyenee be cheye nish dooor Kya kareh be keashir koor Myaane kaneh chue parwardigaar Az haye aam paaneh baalyaar Deedov […]
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We flew from Kerala to Kashmir to stay with Insha’s family. Actually, we were only supposed to stay for a few days, and we ended up canceling our ticket back because we were having such a good time. I don’t even have words for Kashmir. It was by far the best trip I’ve made yet, […]
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Ruhela is a Kashmir girl born in Srinagar and living in Saudi Arabia since 6 yrs . Through Gyawun her dream of learning music came true when Mr Bilal (irfan Bilal) heard her voice and became her mentor. She says music is a way of venting out my emotions and of course it brings peace […]
Aksa Mussadiq is an aspiring Kashmiri singer, she is professionally working as a doctor in New Delhi.
Listening to the customers at my store and watching the people in the markets of Milan who would call any damn piece of fabric “a Pashmina” used to make me so mad that I used to pause for a second and say to myself that they are just victims of this globalization which surely has […]
When I look back to 2015 and recollect all the precious moments, one of them is definitely ‘my second trip to Kashmir’. I visited Kashmir second time in October 2015 with my family. It was a sudden plan. Like any other tourist it was just a holiday or a break from a hectic life but […]
I was 17, when I moved out of home. I studied engineering in Delhi for 4 years. I worked like there was no tomorrow. I had a full time night job and classes in the day and not because my parents couldn’t have afforded my studies but I was kind of a nutjob, wanting to […]
Mushtaq Saznawaz is the son of great Sufiyana music maestro of Kashmir ustad GM Saznawaz. Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz (died 13 February 2014) was the last known master of Kashmiri Sufiyana Music in the world. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2013. He died in 2014 in Srinagar at the age of 74. Source (wikipedia) […]
Seamless Celestial Globe It was invented in Kashmir by Ali Kashmiri ibn Luqman in 998H/1589-90 CE, in the reign of the Mughal Emperor Akbar. Unlike the ordinary globe that represents earth, the celestial globe represents sky complete with stars and constellations on it. It was a practical tool in astronomy that allowed astronomers to position […]
Hussaini, the famous honey producer of Srinagar, Kashmir – that produces 7 different types of honey, all of which have specific healing qualities. SHe runs her business in the naem of Oriental Apiary. The business lady in the video has a very rich heritage/ legacy to her, nevertheless the apiary was started by her late […]
A short film by Ruman Hamdani, featuring Mafaldina Vaina. Ruman Hamdani is a Srinagar based movie maker and Mafaldina is a 26 years old Italian tourist. Watch the video to see what she has to say about Srinagar after being initially skeptic about it.
Dear Kashmir, I came to know about you when I was in Goa. So I made a plan with a friend to visit Kashmir, but my friend changed her mind after hearing about situation in Kashmir. I was disappointed and the thought of travelling alone and that too to Kashmir almost changed my mind and […]
