“When it Comes to Hospitality and Warm Welcome, No One Can Match up to Kashmiris” says Manjulika P. Sehgal- Short-story Writer, Blogger & Traveller! It has been more than 24 hours that I have returned from Srinagar but I am still hung over the alphabet K. It stands for both Khyber and Kashmir. The memories of […]
It was 5th of August’13, me and my father landed in Kashmir for my admission in NIT Srinagar. We were from Lucknow and whatever I knew about the Kashmir and its people was only through the media and my school textbooks. It was for the first time that anyone from our family had visited the […]
By Ain Wani We Kashmiris have a very old tradition that we religiously follow which is called ‘Mubarkas gasun’ (Going to each other’s household to congratulate one another on auspicious occasions). We celebrate almost anything and everything ! Be it the children passing Matriculation examination (Which is considered a huge landmark in one’s life and […]
Do you love Kashmiri language? Do you want to type in Kashmiri Language? Hold your breath, dear friends! Now, for the first time ever, an app has added a support for Kashmiri language (somebody loves us). And guess what? It’s none other than the search giant Google. Yes, Google! Google in its keyboard app, Gboard, […]
Article by Ain Wani We Kashmiris have a huge appetite, not just for food, also for love. Here are 8 exclusively Kaeshir ways of expressing love: ‘The Kaeshir Maazrat’ and ‘Khaetir’ (The Kashmiri Hospitality) has always been praised and talked about. We measure our love in terms of our abilities to feed people. When you’re […]
Interview by Sidra Nazir Tell us about Team Our core group constitutes of four members: Aamir Beigh , Mustakeem Khan , Youhan Ul Rehmaan and Mujeeb Mattoo. Amir & Youhan have completed schooling from SP higher Secondary School while Mustakeem Khan has done schooling from Green valley School. We 3 are currently pursuing B.com (Ist […]
‘Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Sheikh-Ul-Alam International Airport at Srinagar’ – no other announcement in this world overwhelms me more than this one. With my eyes closed, I can vividly visualize each and every day I spent at Kashmir. My name is Sweta Roy Mukherjee. My husband and me were in Kashmir for about two […]
My name is Wan Mohd Ruzie. I am from Malaysia and I am photographer. I choose photography as my career because I love nature and travelling to places. It just happened that one of my newly wed clients wanted to do a post wedding shoot in some exotic place. We thought of doing it in […]
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Father in Kashmiri is called Mole or Bab. Mother in Kashmiri is called Mouj Daughter in Kashmiri Son in Kashmiri is called Nechu Sister in Kashmiri is called Beni Brother in Kashmiri is called Boi Maternal aunt in Kashmiri is called Mass Paternal Aunt in Kashmiri is called Poph Father-in-law in Kashmiri is […]
We asked our audience that are women in Kashmir treated differently than men. Everyone agreed that women are treated differently, while most agreed that they are treated badly as compared to men, few believed actually women are treated better than men in Kashmir. Here are few responses we had got. Shazia Wani It’s not about Kashmir […]
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 […]
10. Photo by Auditya Venkatesh – Hiding from the sun. 9. Photo by Masood Bhat- An old kashmiri boatsmen inspite of snowing is going for his daily work from the interior of Dal lake, Srinagar 8. Photo by Auditya Venkatesh 7. Photo by Auditya Venkatesh 6. Photo of Dal lake by Preity Zinta 5. Photo […]
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 […]
We at Gyawun analysed the trends for #Gulmarg on Instagram from 2010 till Jan 2017. We found that since 2010 total 52,708 posts have been done with #gulmarg by 10,710 contributors . These got 2,151,059 likes in and 65,653 comments in total. Below chart shows how many posts have been posted per month since 2010. The maximum […]
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 […]
