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The Bizzare word of Kashmiriyat
The ambiguity of the word Kashmiriyat can be understood from its usage and interpretation in various contexts. At regular intervals,…
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Men
Sheikh Imamudin: The first resistance against Ghulab Singh
It was in 1846 that the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir which we know of came into existence. On…
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language
Koshur: The language forgotten
When people are enslaved, as long as they hold fast to their language, it is if they have the key…
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Culture
Origins of Cashmere: Early inhabitants and where did they come from?
Robert Ballard, an underwater archaeologist, who found the Titanic claimed to have found relics that can be attributed to an…
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Heritage
Two questions about Kashmir’s history that need to be answered.
Kashmir is a place wrapped up in uncertainty where every person has their own version of history. History, above all,…
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History
How to carve a Sheikhdom in style?
Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah enjoyed a comfortable friendship with the first Prime Minister of India, Jawahar Lal Nehru. He was Charismatic,…
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History
Oct 2, 1586: Day of Kashmiri resistance against foreign occupation
Too much has been written about the Kashmiri culture and war characteristics, but all this is propagated by the outsiders.…
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Men
Atta Muhammad: The gravedigger who buried the unknown in Kashmir
Atta Mohammad Khan died in January 2016 at the age of 75. He was the gravedigger in his village Bimyar,…
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History
Statues of bigotry are being removed worldwide, why they stand in Kashmir?
On May 25, Derek Chauvin, a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, knelt on the neck of a 46-year-old African-American,…
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Men
Exiled Dr. Ayub Thakur: Kashmir’s first Nuclear Physicist
On Feb 12, 2004, 55-year-old Dr. Ayub plunged in a deep coma from which he never returned. Ayub was one…
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