Article by Manan Mushtaq Hakak Being born in Kashmir and asked to count best childhood memories may make you melancholic for a while because things like firing, curfew and crackdown strikes your mind but admist all this grimness and horror there used to be some best moments too which we still cherish and possess as our […]
Sidra Nazir from Gyawun talks to Dr Mohammed Maqbool Mir, former Professor and HoD ENT, GMC Srinagar, and founder of Voluntary Medicare Society which is working to decrease the stigma associated with mentally and physically challenged individuals. Tell us about yourself I, Dr Mohammed Maqbool Mir am the third child of seven, grew up in the typical […]
Interview done by Ufaq Fatima from Gyawun Tell us about yourself My name is Meral Kathwari. I am a 22 year old Kashmiri-American. I was born in Kashmir but raised in Italy and the United States. Now I currently live in between New York and Kashmir. I’ve completed my Bachelors in Mass Communications: Journalism with […]
Kashmir is called Paradise on Earth for a good reason! It truly is so mesmerising that when the WeddingNama couple Kiran & Vipul wanted to shoot in snow, Gulmarg was the first choice! Everyone, specially the couple braved negative temperatures to do something that had never been done before. WeddingNama planned the shoot in February […]
To the morally strong, mentally empowered, kind, naturally compassionate, empathetic, happy in their skin and to those women specially who don’t find men as the reference to validate their position but consider them as a important aspect that is equally important in their own special way for successful society. Hence, treating them too with their […]
US Soldier Vaden Carney and his date Pam Rumbold, walking along a path. Looking over the city of Kashmir. Lost in each other and the nature Cigarette time Having a picnic at Mughal Gardens Playful Playing in the water as native children watch. Leaving the houseboat displaying paper mache Kashmir crafts. Walking the streets of […]
Interview done by Sidra Nazir from Gyawun.com Tell us about yourself I am Ruhan Madni Naqash, hailing from Barzulla Srinagar. I’m 22 years old and I did my schooling (including high school) from Burn Hall and passed out in 2012. I wanted to be a writer, but because of the various parental, peer and societal […]
When you hear your mum ask “heyy aaz kyahsa rannav suinn” (@mohsin_naqshbandi) 2. When you say Wasta Rass katra traaw sa baye (@thejunaidshah) 3. When you see kashmiri outside kashmir and say yoor te chi kashir aamit. (@aatiqshafiq) 4. When you get caught with your gf on valentine’s day..And you be like “kalaam_allah’as path ‘ez chey Yi […]
Tell us about yourself? I am Badrunissa Bhat and I’m 20 years old. I have completed my schooling from Sultan ul Arifeen Wakf Public School till 10th standard and rest of the studies from Green Valley Educational Institute. As a person I have keen interest in Literature, Art, Sufi Music, Sufi Literature, etc. My family […]
Tell us about yourself I am Faizan Hasan Khan, 26, from Downtown Srinagar. I am a Post Graduate in Civil Engineering. Although I studied engineering but my passion is elsewhere. From a very young age I aspired to help needy. As everyone is aware of the troubled times Kashmir has gone through and as a […]
Sidra Nazir from Gyawun.com talks to Sabreena Sidiqi, a Kashmiri social worker whose job involves working on LOC and in areas which are under security radar. Tell us about yourself To begin with my story, as you call it, I am Sabreena Sidiqi. I hail from Srinagar. I have done schooling from Presentation Convent School. After that […]
Dull person in Kashmiri Fireplace in Kashmiri Itching in Kashmiri Madman in Kashmiri Disorder in Kashmiri Bath in Kashmiri Nettle in Kashmiri Knot in Kashmiri Reed Mat in Kashmiri Stranger in Kashmiri Hungry in Kashmiri Rainbow in Kashmiri You can find more Kashmiri words here
Tell us about yourself. I am from a very simple middle-class family, born and brought up in downtown Khanyar (Srinagar) right when Tehreek was at its peak. My father moved to Leh for business after incurring huge losses due to daily blasts in the Budshah Chowk. I ended up doing my schooling till 10th grade […]
A full cup of tea is chai daam, a full roti is khend, a plate of rice is batte phol, a bowl full of curry is siyn pyoont. No meal is a meal without rice The bone make you remember struggle of taking Vyaes ( bone marrow) out of it. When drivas path ha gasav […]
Credit: Raqeeb Gulzar, Ahrar Qadri, Maizum Shah, Sameer Saran, Tahir Syed, Ali Hussain Meer, Sajjad Sofi Edited by Manan from Gyawun Cover photo by Majid Jeelani
Sheen Woman by Sabah Nargis Daku by Omar A Kirmani Kashmiri Woman By Molvi Faizan Kashmiri Man Minion by Misbah Iftikhar Traffic Police Snowman by Tufail Wani Brother by Sehrish Mir Cute Kid by Musaib Gulzar SRK Snowman Kashmiri Hen Adil Mubeen Mir, DPS School Teacher Bear Say Hello by Faiz Masudi Kanchet With […]
Lyrics of Bedard Daadi Chaane can be found here
Tanveer Ali is from HMT Srinagar.
1. Burhaan Kinu, a Kashmiri photojournalist working with Hindustan Times was awarded the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award in the Photojournalism category. 2. Zufa Iqbal won the prestigious Dr APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE award for inventing ‘Namda Rolling Machine’. 3. Jumsheed Hussain a Kashmiri, Executive Director, Credit and Risk Management at Qatar Development Bank was awarded the […]
Tell us about yourself? When I was 8, I picked up on a very peculiar habit of sketching what I observed around me. The idea of being able to capture moments on paper always en-kindled joy within me. To begin with my story as you call it, my name is Jasia Iqbal Nowshahri. I’ve done […]
“Kitchen is considered the heart of a home.” If this statement is in any case not of a significance in the “fast-food” era prevailing over the world, the Koshur kitchen proves to be true to the quote. Kitchen is truly the heart of a Kashmiri home and how can it not be? It has food […]
Meet Faisal Gul from Srinagar who is working in ONGC as an Executive Engineer in south India. He says he is a big time music lover and a part time singer, recently one his albums got released on YouTube. His song has grossed more than 58K views in two weeks. The best part is that the […]
My name is Bela Desai. I am from Mumbai. It was 10th June 2016 and my birthday. I gifted it to me…from me…an air ticket from Mumbai to Srinagar in coming December. I decided to travel all alone. Though I have two members in my family who belong to army background and it was against […]
Tell us something about yourself I am Kamran Nisar, a 26 year old Game of Thrones loyalist. Ummar is a 29 year old Coffee-connoisseur. As a duo, we are the people behind the inception of Winterfell Cafe. Why the theme Game of Thrones? Game of Thrones, a popular television series from the house of HBO […]