Archive for the 11. CULTURE Category
Sanskrit Kashmir, Kashmiri Pandits and the Caste Reality
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
Development of Sharda Script
Shailendra Aima November 2011 The present indigenous scripts in India have developed from Brahmi and the early Brahmi inscriptions in India date back to Mauryan period. It may not be out of place to mention here that the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka founded the city of Srinagar, then situated on the
Ecospirituality and Place
By Dileep Kumar Kaul August 2010 Our self attains meaning in the meaning of a place. It has a spiritual dimension as well. The meaning of place and the meaning of the self are two different entities in the beginning. As the place attachment develops and becomes stronger, the meaning of place a
Reimagining …
Reimagining Kashmir Beginning a place discourse By Dileep Kumar Kaul Whatever happens to us happens only when we are physically located somewhere, that means present at a place. A place contains an environment, natural and, man made, that influences our whole being, our min
Transcending the Rootedness
Continuing place discourse By Dileep Kumar Kaul April 2010 The importance of a place varies from person to person. Some individuals seem more likely to develop place attachment but we still cannot classify “place people” as a distinct personality type. But all Kashmiri Pandits have som
Continuing place discourse – Place Identity and Slogans
By Dileep Kumar Kaul May 2010 Conversation gives us an identity. In the process of conversation the idea working in the background is who I am and to whom I am talking. Then come ideas and their communication. Conversation, like all other human activities has a context of place, where the huma
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