Reproduced below is an illuminating article by AND Haksar (recently published in daily Pioneer (30 April 2021). The article throws light on Kashmir’s rich past that needs to be told and retold in order to remove the dust accumulated over centuries because of troubled times that the valley has witnessed ever since the advent of … Read more
Very painful and unfortunate as the situation emerges, more and more people are getting caught in the fangs of the deadly virus of COVID-19. The key reason, likely it seems, for the alarming increase of the deadly monster is people, in general, are not following STRICTLY the defined Covid related SoPs, especially wearing a face … Read more
Exactly a decade earlier…..New Delhi, September 2010. A delegation led by Panun Kashmir, including two members from KSD, called on (then Finance Minister of the country), former President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee one late evening at his residence. The veteran leader received the delegation, with all courtesy, in his working chamber – surrounded by … Read more
Bollywood is a dream career for most Indians. Hundreds of thousands of youngsters across India try their luck each year. Many Kashmiri Pandit actors have tried in Bollywood, but few have really made it big in the entertainment industry. Here is a list of 10 Kashmiri Pandit actors who made it Big Kulbushan Pandit aka … Read more
“Time and Tide,Wait for none”They say,It is time for us to run,Running could be a ‘mission’,For some, merely a fun.Euphoria may have begun,Beware of any hidden gun;Check your steps, emotion. Centuries’ old suffering,Not to be undone,Ground realities can’t be shun;Remember the resolution,The ‘Margdarshan’!Of December, Ninety One,Our own place under the sun! Protect thy illustrious roots,O, … Read more
Face Book vs Life’s Look Have been inactive on ‘face’ book,Trying to understand the life’s look.A period of nearly three years,For nothing special to add, toAny one’s intellectual layers. Come, they insist, ‘out in open’, dear,It is a “good past time” of the year,Under lockdown, due to corona fear;My thoughts, many would like to hear. … Read more
Yesterday, tested ‘positive’, Another high ranking minister, Like some royal princes, earlier. Half a million plus, infected globally, So far, from every strata of society. In China, America, Spain, Germany, France, Japan, every other country, More than one hundred and fifty. Deaths, twenty eight thousand, the tally, One thousand, in a day, in Italy, The … Read more
Maintain distance, From a body,Not from the soul;From social activity,Not from the society.Fathom the gravity,As a whole!Stem over the tide,Play your role. ‘Covid -19’ is on the rise;Resolve, cut it to size. ‘Social distance’ is the key,Now, lest late it will be.Tire, under lockdown, we may,Be, complacent, no way; Delve inside, seek a ray. Here … Read more
Time to reflect,Situation perfect,Wander not,Here or there,Take self-care,Delve deep inside,Put everything aside.Under lockdown,But not down.Enjoy Navreh,Inside your Grha.Navreh Poe’shte !
This time, I arrived even much early,with the hope to embrace you very tightly;but, yet again, nowhere could you be seen.Day in and day out, to meet you, I remain so keen.I am calling you, O Pandit, again and again,don’t you realise my incessant pain?The winter has set in, yet again. How long have I to continue to bear the pain?I have called you number of times in … Read more