By Archana Dhar Thoughts are gushing in and every memory wants to come alive in a hurry, craving for singular attention. One memory leads to another and so on, culminating in an endless stream of images. Notwithstanding the importance of this memoir to others, I am sure most people who spent their early childhood in […]
Meet Ain Wani, final year MBBS student from Rajbagh Srinagar. She has studied from Presentation Convent. She has participated in various writing competitions including the one held by The Greater Kashmir in which she awarded with cash reward. She has also worked with Kashmir Scan as a columnist. But the best part of her work […]
Aqeel is from Kupwara living  currently in Rawalpora in Srinagar and  pursuing civil engineering. He is a self taught artist who is proud to be born as a Kashmiri sketch artist. And guess from where does he gets requests to make skecthes? From Salman Khanz offical page, from Amir Khan, Hritik Roshan,Karan Kundra and Yuvika […]
Meet Imran Jan  born and bought up in Kashmir.  He  loved plants since he  was a kid  He  always used to make things out of junk , so one day he had an idea of putting plants in containers which people would normally throw away . Terrariums are plants enclosed in containers and are like […]
Meet Sanna Hijabsta Naq better known as Hijabsta. She is a Kashmiri-American fashion enthusiast and personal stylist. Here is what she has to say about Being a personal stylist, I love creating looks for people and being a fashion enthusiast my love and passion for our beautiful intricate Koshur khome grows even deeper. I believe […]
Do you have a Kashmiri Shawl? Or do you want to buy a Kashmiri shawal? Here are different ways you can wear Kashmiri Shawals
If you are a Kashmiri and you have lived or studied outside of Kashmir, you will find this video by h1 Production quite hilarious. This video highlights the moments you as Kashmiri has to face in office and with friends. This is just fun to watch
It was the Summers of 1976 early June. I was sitting in an Indian Airlines plane travelling to Srinagar from Delhi with my parents and younger brother. Just an hour and 20 minutes flight I was petrified of flying and just wanted to get there so that my vacation could begin. Till then I was […]
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We flew from Kerala to Kashmir to stay with Insha’s family. Actually, we were only supposed to stay for a few days, and we ended up canceling our ticket back because we were having such a good time. I don’t even have words for Kashmir. It was by far the best trip I’ve made yet, […]
Listening to the customers at my store and watching the people in the markets of Milan who would call any damn piece of fabric “a Pashmina” used to make me so mad that I used to pause for a second and say to myself that they are just victims of this globalization which surely has […]
When I look back to 2015 and recollect all the precious moments, one of them is definitely ‘my second trip to Kashmir’. I visited Kashmir second time in October 2015 with my family. It was a sudden plan. Like any other tourist it was just a holiday or a break from a hectic life but […]
I was 17, when I moved out of home. I studied engineering in Delhi for 4 years. I worked like there was no tomorrow. I had a full time night job and classes in the day and not because my parents couldn’t have afforded my studies but I was kind of a nutjob, wanting to […]
Seamless Celestial Globe It was invented in Kashmir by Ali Kashmiri ibn Luqman in 998H/1589-90 CE, in the reign of the Mughal Emperor Akbar. Unlike the ordinary globe that represents earth, the celestial globe represents sky complete with stars and constellations on it. It was a practical tool in astronomy that allowed astronomers to position […]
Hussaini, the famous honey producer of Srinagar, Kashmir – that produces 7 different types of honey, all of which have specific healing qualities. SHe runs her business in the naem of Oriental Apiary. The business lady in the video has a very rich heritage/ legacy to her, nevertheless the apiary was started by her late […]
A short film by Ruman Hamdani, featuring Mafaldina Vaina. Ruman Hamdani is a Srinagar based movie maker and Mafaldina is a 26 years old Italian tourist. Watch the video to see what she has to say about Srinagar after being initially skeptic about it.
Dear Kashmir, I came to know about you when I was in Goa. So I made a plan with a friend to visit Kashmir, but my friend changed her mind after hearing about situation in Kashmir. I was disappointed and the thought of travelling alone and that too to Kashmir almost changed my mind and […]
