April 2012, Issue#55

Shehjar is pleased to offer a downloadable version of Koshur Calendar for the year 2012-13(Ready Reckoner Panchang), originally printed by Kashmir Hindu Foundation.

While speaking about Kashmiri humor, we need to separate it from pure laughter or comedy. It is a lot more subtle than that. Humor improves our life experience even in times of ...

Humor is inherent in life. It should not take a sage to understand this. Brij K. Dass?s anecdotal humor with banter, satire, exaggerations, wisecracks and ready wit make us see ...

The latest identity crisis in Pakistan is a culmination of 60 years of misgovernance by civil and military authorities bound by a common suspicion that India is their only real ...

Underneath the patriotic fervour at the stroke of the �midnight hour� in 1947, there was chaos and strife, religious riots and princely rebellions.

The host was finding it extremely difficult to ask them bluntly to leave for fear of tarnishing his reputation as a person with an impeccably hospitable and generous nature. This ...

Now you would perhaps ask me about my Grandpa. Well he is someone special and he needs to be talked about with respect. He is gentle, careful, and considerate, and at the same ...

In humans loneliness itself has been shown to predict the progression of Alzheimer�s disease.

Accepting the UN demand would mean allowing them to convert the Kashmir Valley into yet another Islamabad, Kabul and Kandahar. That should not be unacceptable to freedom loving ...

Kashmir's Accession to India unraveling the truth. By D.N. DHAR

Sumit's debut album is titled meet which means partner. Meet will take you on an unforgettable musical journey of love. The songs portray various moods and shades of love - ...

If there was a larger message in these elections, it is that Indian politics, whether national or state level, is about the identification of leaders and parties with the people ...

Samavar- A kashmiri kavita

कोई कहे गिरिधर, कोई कहे ...

It drives me berserk. They always think it is spelled H-O-L-Y. It actually is H-O-L-I! They always, I mean always, think we dump each other in holy water.

This has sent a wave of strong resentment among the Kashmir Hindu devotees who have held this Asthapan in reverence for years.

Dr. Padmini Tikoo has also been honoured with the prestigious "Best Citizen of India Award-2010

He accused the Central leadership for playing crutches to the handicapped government of J&K at the cost of the people, particularly the suffering minorities and the migrants.

The Somnath Temple is also known as "The Shrine Eternal", having been destroyed six times and rebuilt six times.

Read what this month has in store for you from our world famous Astrologer.

After the successful completion of 4 consecutive KP National Cultural Meets, now on popular demand, KP Biradari invites you for a grand community get together event.

Fish is an important Kashmiri delicacy usually cooked on religious occasions like 'Gaada Bata' in the month of December, 'Shivaratri,' 'Khechi Amavasi' and also on cultural ...