December 2009, Issue#28

The latest overtures by the Prime Minister of India for dialog with separatists in the Kashmir Valley are bound to fail yet again. These initiatives born from delusions regarding ...

Given the secrecy with which New Delhi operates, it is impossible to say where the collaborators in reopening the State’s Accession to India fell out amongst themselves.

Return of Kashmiri Hindus to Kashmir Valley as the government envisages it, means a return to an order which brought about their expulsion. It signifies a state of total ...

Kashmir Temples photo series Part-4. An effort to preserve and record Hindu cultural and religious heritage of Kashmir. VICHAR NAG TEMPLE

One could feel the melody of pain and emotions in his voice. He was one of the greatest talents from Kashmir. It is unfortunate that a talented artist of this caliber was ...

Hindus believe that God is both transcendent and immanent. God incarnates in the human form, to save the suffering humanity from the great terror of the evil in man,

Bhairava worship has been prevalent in Kashmir since ages. Each region of Kashmir had its own guarding Bhairava. I remember in my childhood when we used to visit our ancestral ...

The land of snow, clad and mountains that share a common boundary with Afghanistan, China and Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) is the northern most state of the Indian union. As ...

Exclusive news in pictures are for the month of November, 2009 by Shehjars Photo Journalist.

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I am my own company, my own friend and confidante. Who has the time to sit by my side and share a thought or two with me? With my hearing handicap who would like to shout ...

It is naive for us to think that we are special cases and God will protect us even when we throw ourselves into a roaring fire.

Another nice poem in Kashmiri

Yahi hai Sasmaran, Mera Matra Smaran - A poem in Hindi

पकिव ग्छ्व तुल-मुल. वलिव ग्छ्व ...

I was very ease at home Without any disturbance I was thrown out of my home Without my interference.

The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture presented the “Vivekananda Medal 2009” to Prof. Brij Nath Kaul of Srinagar, Kashmir, in recognition and appreciation of his valuable ...

Enchanting world of infants by Dr. K.L.Chowdhary

Shehjaar Homes for Senior Citizens has been launched as a Not-For-Profit Company at Pune in India.

Although some may find this concept unacceptable, I believe that the ‘One Truth’ is present in all creations and as such we accept and acknowledge the presence of the divine power

In today's fast track music world there is certain section of the audience who still likes the traditional Indian Classical Music and always remains in search for such a programme

The overall programme was a great sucess that brought to lime light the budding talent as well as an analysis about the kind of MUSIC that need promotion to attain the great ...

Under a well designed move, the plight of this community is brazenly projected as an economic issue or at best as a law and order problem, while the fact of the matter is that a ...

The Home Minister was addressing a gathering of KP migrants after inspecting pace of work on the Jagti Township being developed for the rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandit migrant ...

Khoda clarified that though few cases of surrender militants joining back have come to light but no conclusions can be drawn that majority of active militants are all surrendered ...