A twelve-year-old girl from south Kashmir’s Shopian has written 30 chapters of the holy Qur’an by hand in just 60 days. Soliha Shafi, daughter of Mohammad Shafi Bhat, from Watchi Shopian, is a student in the 8th class at Al-Saba School Watchi. Talking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Soliha said she wrote the […]
The Department of Handicraft organized a spectacular exhibition at the Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) Srinagar to coincide with the highly anticipated G-20 summit being hosted in the Valley for the first time. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that this initiative aims to provide local artisans and craftsmen with a unique […]
The Department of Handicrafts and Handloom has submitted the dossier for registration of Kashmir Tweed to Intellectual Property India, Chennai, an apex-level organization for the registration and better protection of geographical indications relating to goods in India. The Director, of Handicrafts and Handloom, (H&H) Kashmir, while commenting on the downswing of the centuries-old craft of […]
Two Kashmiri Pandit men on Thursday donated blood for a Kashmiri Muslim girl admitted at a hospital in New Delhi. Confirming the development to The Kashmiriyat, a Kashmiri Pandit settled in New Delhi said that the daughter of Showkat Ahmed Teeli of Sopore area in north Kashmir was in requirement of two pints of blood […]
A highly talented papier machie artist from Srinagar has been working for the last four decades to keep the exquisite artwork alive. Papier machie artists are abandoning the craft in the face of low wages with the younger generation little interested in carrying forward the trade. But Hakeem Manzoor Ahmed of Ganai Doori Alamgari Bazar […]
Kounsar Bashir/ Safoora Hilal At a time when cuisines like Mughlai, Chinese, Japanese, continental, and western have dominated the markets of Kashmir, Fozia Rasool is fighting a battle to take Kashmiri cuisine to every household. An engineering student from Srinagar, Fozia runs a food blog on Instagram and YouTube to “revive” Kashmiri cuisine and help […]
A well-known coppersmith’s innovations has infused a new life to the dying art as he hasn’t kept copperware confined with utensils only. Muhammad Aslam Bhat, from KK Mohalla Shamaswari, Srinagar has given new life to this dying art by making innovative things with different designs. Bhat while talking to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said […]
Kashmiri Pandits on Friday took out Shoba Yatra here on the occasion of Janamashtami in the heart of Srinagar city. The marchers, which included children dressed in traditional attire, started from Kathleshwar temple in Tankipora area of Srinagar and passed through Habbakadal, Ganpathyar, Barbar Shah, Regal Chowk, Lal Chowk, Hari Singh High Street and Jahangir […]
Following the fresh directions regarding ban, the authorities in Waqf on Wednesday removed over 100 Mujavirs and dozens of donation boxes and other related stuff installed by them decades ago from major shrines in Srinagar and elsewhere in the Valley. Details available with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that following the directions by […]
A renowned Kashmiri Pandit cardiologist, Upendra Koul has opened a Heart Centre for needy patients in the Hawal area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Dr. Koul’s centre which is named after his grandfather Prasad Joo Khan is expected to serve a lot of patients in the area who have to travel for several miles to […]