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Painting and Theatre in Kashmir

Painting and Theatre in Kashmir

November 2011 Title: Painting and Theatre in Kashmir—Suraj Tiku’s Journey Author: Dr. Ramesh Tamiri Published By: Suraj Foundation,Jammu Price: Rs. 650 (HB), Rs300(PB) By Upender Ambardar ‘Painting and Theatre in Kashmir—Suraj Tiku’s Journey’, authored by Dr. Ramesh Tam

Thoughts about Homeland

Thoughts about Homeland

Thoughts about Homeland The book is a sensitively written narrative, an account of events and experiences, cast in a poetic mould Prof M L Raina June 2011 At a subtle level of perception, the anthology entitled “Homeland After Eighteen years”, by Dr K L Chowdhury, seems to be a poeti

Do not Write A History

Do not Write A History

Do not Write A History Except that of Your Exile By Tej Nath Dhar April 2011 Mahmoud Darwish is one of the most notable Palestinian poets and prose writers, who has published over thirty volumes of poetry and eight books of prose. Named after one of the sections in it, Journal of an Ordin

Evangelical Intrusions by Sandhya Jain

Evangelical Intrusions by Sandhya Jain

Dr MK Teng The study undertaken by Sandhya Jain , published by Rupa-co, New Delhi, in an attractively designed volume, titled “ Evangelical Intrusions- Tripura, a case study” is the first systematic and in-depth inquiry into the evangelical intervention in the religious cultures of the tribal

Jawaharlal, do you want Kashmir, ...?

Jawaharlal, do you want Kashmir, …?

Jawaharlal, do you want Kashmir, or do you want to give it away? Excerpted from Kashmir 1947, Rival Versions of History, by Prem Shankar Jha. - Editor Sam Manekshaw, the first field marshal in the Indian army, was at the ringside of events when Independent India was being formed. Then a colonel, h

Zakhmoo Ki Zabani

Commented upon by Prof. M.L. Koul Author: Pandit Rishidev, Zanipora, Anantnag Pages: 256      Price : Rs. 100/- Pandit Rishidev who is a native of Zainpora, tehsil Shopian, Kashmir has remained a political activist of long standing. The Muslim communalists were as cruel to him as to Ka