January 2012 KS Correspondent Jammu, Dec 28: With the news of Homeland Day celebrations pouring in from all across the country and the world, the celebrations in Jammu marked day long programmes that involved men women and youth of the exiled Kashmiri community. At Press Club Jammu, the exi
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January 2012 Twenty years have passed since the exiled Pandits in 1991 unanimously adopted the historical Homeland Resolution, demanding the political reorganization of the State of Jammu & Kashmir so as to facilitate the creation of Panun Kashmir, a Homeland for all those who have been force
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By Dileep Kumar Kaul January 2012 A site attains meaning and becomes a place when people become emotionally attached with it. Such emotional ties are cause primarily through past experiences or memories that are associated with a site. When we talk about a place many memories and emotions ar
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By Prof. M.L. Koul November 2011 In the latest issue of the quarterly published under the aegis of the India International Centre, New Delhi have appeared two write-ups, 'one Home, two lives' and 'Loving & Losing Kashmir', one by Suvir Koul and the other by Natasha Koul. Suvir Koul is a
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By P.N. Raina Genocide and Exile are two terrible words. Those who experience it can never get it out of their minds so long as they are alive. Reliving these events through narratives, oral or historical, is more than recording history an attempt to come to terms with the self. ‘Rajouri Remem
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TEXT OF LETTER DATED OCTOBER 26, 1947 FROM HARI SINGH, THE MAHARAJA OF JAMMU & KASHMIR TO LORD MOUNTBATTEN, GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA. My dear Lord Mountbatten, I have to inform your Excellency that a grave emergency has arisen in my State and request immediate assistance of your Governmen
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January 2012 Press Brief of the statement issued during the press conference addressed jointly by Panun Kashmir Chairman Dr Ajay Chrungoo, Chairman of Advisory Committee of Panun Kashmir Dr M K Teng and Sh Jagan Koul, Chairman of the Diversity USA, a national democratic THINK TANK for min
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By Rustam January 2012 Inter-Regional Relations Interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir DileepPadgaonkar, Radha Kumar and MM Ansari submitted their report to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on October 12, 2011. The report has not been made public so far. Hence, one cannot say what exactly th
Read MoreIsolate those hobnobbing with unfriendly countries- panelists By S.M. Pandit November 2011 JAMMU, Aug 6: A cross section of public opinion expressed its grave concern over the hobnobbing of prominent persons across the spectrum with hostile nations and nurturing of these people by the estab
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By Dr. Ajay Chrungoo Many communities e.g. Palestinians, Jews, Tibetans, Sindhis, Kashmiri Hindus, have been banished from their homeland through an act of religiouscleansing. Invariably, the aggressor community resorts to cultural effacement in the aftermath of ethnic-cleansing to deny that t
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By Shailendra Aima January 2012 Sometime back, a discussion ensued at a web portal about Kashmiri Pandits, the Sanskrit roots of Kashmiri Culture and Pluralism. It was amazing that some Kashmiri compatriots, now resident outside in the US and the Middle East became highly volatile and denounce
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Prof. M.L. Koul June 2011 Rigveda It is the first written record of mankind and its hymns though addressed to various gods contain seed ideas that are essentially philosophic in content. It provides an amazing insight into that hoary past of which minimum or negligible records and notices a
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By Upender Ambardar November 2011 The rituals are articles of faith unlimited which not only invigorate but also consolidate our socio-religious structure. There is an overriding need not only for their continued observance but also for preservation, spoke Sh. ML Ganjoo, an original resident
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By M.M. Munshi It has been clearly documented in history that Amar Nath Shrine has been visited by pilgrims since ancient times including a ruler of Kashmir between 34 BC and 17AD . (Kalhana’s Rajtarangini Book II . Verses 130-141). Narrative of Amarnath Mahatmyas and other related compos
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By Sanjay Godbole There is a small village called Kolpur at a distance of 25 Kilometers towards South from Quetta the capital of Baluchistan. It is situated just near the entrance of the ‘Bolan’ pass. The river ‘Bolan’ stems from here only. Evidences of many ancient human settlements have
Read MoreBy P.N. Raina Genocide and Exile are two terrible words. Those who experience it can never get it out of their minds so long as they are alive. Reliving these events through narratives, oral or historical, is more than recording history an attempt to come to terms with the self. ‘Rajouri Remem
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By Varad Varenya November 2011 Different versions of Kashmir in political, social and religious context are nothing new. Mr. Aditya Sinha’s article “Kashmiri Pandits, Sri Lankan Tamils and Indian hypocrisy” that appeared in Daily News & Analysis (DNA) on 31st July 2011 prompted me to
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By L.C. Kaul The Antartica Hero, affectionately known to his large circle of friends and admirers as 'DOD', left for his heavenly abode, on 18/2/2008, after having suffered a sudden brain haemorrhage, on 10/2/2008. His untimely and tragic demise has left all his relatives, friends and colleagues du
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July 2011-October 2011 Issue July 9: A JeM commander Ahsan Bhai and his associate were killed in an encounter at Hajan Payeen, Rajpora in Pulwama. Interlocutors visited Reasi and Kathua. Mufti Mohd Sayed asked India and Pakistan to demonstrate flexibility and involve Kashmiris in talks.
Read MoreMargaret Bourke-White was a correspondent and photographer with American magazine LIFE. She authored many books, based on her coverage of Africa, England, France, China, Russia, Italy and Germany during the Second World War. Bourke-White also covered tribal invasion of J&K in 1947-48. Her repor
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