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Aug282020 by News DeskNo Comments

‘Bonds of Love’-Muslims Perform Last Rites of Hindu Woman in Shopian Kashmir

Members of the Muslim community helped in performing the last rites of their Hindu neighbour in South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thursday afternoon. As soon as the news of the death of 103-year-old Uma Devi spread, Muslim neighbours from Pargochi village came together to help in performing her last rites. Amid rains and massive thunderstorm, locals arranged firewood and other necessary things for her last rites. Local women too joined their Hindu counterparts in the mourning and to express condolences to the family. "We have been living together for ages, and nothing will break this bond of Muslim-Hindu unity in Kashmir, politics is not as strong as our love, Kashmir is incomplete without them”, Arshid Ahmed Shah, a local resident said to The Kashmiriyat. The elderly woman...

Aug252020 by News DeskNo Comments

Pashmina Shawls- Surviving Decades of onslaughts Against Traditional Arts & crafts

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Maheen Bashir The World images Kashmir as an abode of red apples and fine handicrafts, one of main local occupations in the valley, an inherent part of Kashmir, since ages- Pashmina, has been one of the most dominant part of the Kashmir handicrafts, having often become a part of television advertisements and movies. The word “Pashmina” came from a Persian word called Pashm. It is locally known as Pashmina. While in US and other countries it is recognized as cashmere wool, which refers to the underneath flee of the Himalayan mountain goat, as chyangra (Capra Hircus) lives in the excessive altitude of 12,000 ft in the Himalayan area of Nepal where the temperature drops beneath -40. One Pashm goat yields 3 to 8 ounces for fiber a year. It also comes from the naturally shedding hair of p...

Aug172020 by News DeskNo Comments

The Changing Colours of Henna in Kashmir

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Aug112020 by News DeskNo Comments

Kashmiri Pandit’s Celebrated the Auspicious Day of Janamashtami

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Sheikh Nadeem The festival of Janamashtami, commemorating the birth anniversary of Krishna, was celebrated with religious fervor and gaiety in Jammu and Kashmir. A Government order was issued that ordered the devotees to maintain social distancing, wearing of masks and other SOP's. Kashmiri Pandit's celebrated the holy festival in Colonies to pay their obeisance to Krishna on the occasion of Janamashtami. Devotees, Rohit Raina and Sanjay Raina said, “Janamashtami is a very significant festival in the Hindu religion and every year, I, along with my family, make sure to pay obeisance at the temple but due to pandemic deadly disease we follow orders issued by government to wear masks, gloves and celebrate Janamashtami at homes as a preventive measure”. Children dressed in color...

Jul232020 by News DeskNo Comments

Ram Nath Tickoo- End of a Legacy, Muslims Help Perform the Last Rites of Renowned Pandit in Shopian

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Mir Irfan When Kashmiri Pandits left the Kashmir valley in the early 90, a very few chose to stay behind, including five families in Zainapora area of Shopian in South Kashmir, one of these families headed by Kanth Ram Tickoo. A Teacher by profession, Ram Nath Tickoo was a corporate employee and was closely threaded to his Kashmiri roots. "Despite many others, friends leaving, he choose to stay back home and lived here happily for the rest of his life till he passed away late on Wednesday night," one of his family member today. ALSO READ: Muslims Come Together to Perform Last Rites of Hindu Woman in Bandipora He is remembered by locals as someone who was the only surviving link between the Golden days of Kashmir's long cherished concept of communal harmony and diversity. "he was s...

Jul122020 by News DeskNo Comments

Kashmiri Actor And Comedian Shadi Lal Koul Passes Away

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Famous veteran actor and comedian, Shadi Lal Koul has passed away. He was famous in Kashmir as Shamas Ud Din Altamash, a character he played in the serial Shabrang. His son, Vijay koul, confirming his death said, “he breathed his last today morning at 2:45 AM. We held his hands and walked with him to the end”. Shadi Lal Koul was from chota Bazar area of downtown, Srinagar. He has acted in many serials of DD Kashir. Aziz Hajini, convener Northern Reginal Board at Sahitya Akademi New Delhi, has expressed grief over Shadi Lal’s death stating,“ His death has left a void in the performing arts”. Shadi Lal Koul was considered the King of Kashmiri comedy.

Jul62020 by News DeskNo Comments

Kashmiri Couple in America Buy 97 Year Old Church, Turn it Into ‘Kashmir Museum’

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A Kashmiri couple, Dr Khurshid and Dr Lubna Guru are planning to launch a Kashmir museum in the United States. The couple intends to share their treasured collection of books and art with the millions of annual visitors to Niagara Falls. The duo aims to highlight the diversity and peaceful traditions of Kashmir. Kurshid, a surgeon at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and Lubna, adolescent and pediatric doctor in Lockport, have spent years collecting over 1,500 books, paintings, prints and other artefacts related to Kashmir, reported the BuffaloNews. The Kashmiri couple is buying a vacant 97-year-old stone church, located in Niagara Falls, which they plan to convert into their new museum- the Center for Kashmir. They are also purchasing two houses to provide residential spac...

Jun42020 by News DeskNo Comments

Muslims Come Together to Perform Last Rites of Hindu Woman in Bandipora

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In a heartwarming gesture, Muslims in a village in north Kashmir district of Bandipora performed the last rites of a Kashmiri Pandit woman amid lockdown to curtail spread of COVID-19. According to details, as soon as the news of the death of 75-year-old Rani Bhatt spread at Kalosa in Bandipora, members of Muslim community came together to help in performing his last rites. Many people visited the home of the deceased to express condolences with the family amid lockdown. Official sources said that the 75-year-old died at her residence at Kalosa on Wednesday night. “The elderly woman died of natural causes,” they said, adding the deceased was cremated as per Hindu rituals by her family members and Muslim neighbours on Thursday. The family of the woman was among many Kashmiri Pand...

May282020 by News DeskNo Comments

‘Selling Ancestral Property to Pay Debts’- In Times of Lockdowns, Kashmir’s Wazwan Fears Extinction

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Samreen Tak Kashmir - 'paradise on earth’ is aptly known for its beauty all over the world. Kashmir not only attracts people from different corners of the world for its scenic beauty and majestic mountains but also for its unique Kashmiri cuisine. Kashmiri cuisine in its entirety is the magic of handmade spices and its authentic aroma attracts a person sitting miles away. Kashmiri cuisine known as Wazwan is derived from two words, ‘Waze’ means a cook, and ‘Wan’ means a place where the cook cooks varieties of delicious, mouth-watering dishes. The number of dishes goes from 7 to 36 dishes made of mutton, chicken and Kashmiri dry fruits. Wazwan is supposed to be made on special occasions like weddings, ceremonies and other gatherings. The head chef Waza is assist...

May252020 by News DeskNo Comments

Police Official in Shopian Takes Pragnent Lady to Hospital in his Own Car

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Sheikh Nadeem Despite the unavoidable circumstances, the Jammu Kashmir Police is taking measures at every possible level to help people amid the pandemic in the Kashmir valley. A testimony to this fact was seen on the ground when Station House Officer Shopian Inspector Javed Ahmed patrolling the main square in South Kashmir's Shopian district found a pregnant woman walking with her siblings without any transportation, the official (inspector) noticed them, and asked them to stop, from a distance. He then, as per eyewitnesses, put them in his own private vehicle and took them to the hospital. The Station House Officer Shopian Javed Ahmed care took of the lady inside the hospital too and later sent her to the Kathuhalan area in Shopian's Keller, agains, in his own vehicle, Kathku...