Srinagar : Senior artists and art lovers in Srinagar are motivating youth to learn the basics of folk theatre by organising various workshops. Artists like Shah Jahan Bhagat have been organising workshops for the youth so that the century-old culture of the Kashmir valley can be preserved. Mudasir Bhagat, anContinue Reading
By Victor Edwin New Delhi, Dec. 8, 2019: As a Jesuit involved in Christian-Muslim Relations, I felt it important to visit Kashmir and be with my friends for a few days and to know how the Christian presence in the valley brings solace to people burdened enormously over the lastContinue Reading
Srinagar : By day, the Kashmir Valley is in the grip of an uneasy calm. But at night, raids by security forces looking for youths supporting the militant cause are causing widespread fear. Even as the valley remains shut for the 86th day, a semblance of normality has returned, barringContinue Reading
Muzaffarabad: Women in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir offered their bangles to Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday, an insult in patriarchal South Asia aimed at the UN head’s perceived inaction over violence on the Indian side of the disputed region. Hundreds of refugee women marched in Muzzafarabad, capital of the Pakistani side, chanting slogansContinue Reading
Jammu : Expressing hope for their return to the Kashmir Valley, thousands of Kashmiri Pandits who could not go to Tulmulla to celebrate the festival of Mata Kheer Bhawani Sunday celebrated it at the replica of the shrine here. Every year a large number of Kashmiri Pandits leave for TulmullaContinue Reading
Srinagar: The minuscule Christian community living in the Kashmir valley is leading a quiet life and feeling neglected. Even as the 2011 census stated that the population of Christians had witnessed an increase of around 75 percent from 2001 with 11,857 of them living in the Valley, members of the communityContinue Reading
A first-hand account of how a family of Pandits left Kashmir and were unable to return home. January 19 marks the 25th anniversary of the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the ValleyContinue Reading