Dr. Abhinandan Magotra abhinandanmagotra01@gmail.com Every piece of wood has a story. Most become furniture. Some become firewood. A fortunate few become works of art. In the hills of Rajouri, where the Pir Panjal watches over dense forests and winding mountain...
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Dr Javaid Rahi javaidrahi@gmail.com When Rajouri emerged as a separate district from Poonch in 1968, it was a moment of great jubilation for the people of Rajouri. The creation of a new administrative unit for them was viewed as an...
Tirthankar Mitra People often do not find the profession they are suited to. But when eminent theatre director, Ebrahim Alkazi spotted a young girl essaying the role of Desdemona in a stage adaptation of Othello, he asked the upcoming...
O. P. Sharma Vidyarthi opsfrijk@gmail.com The fig is one of the oldest fruits in human civilization. Our ancestors have consumed it since the Stone Age. It has not just been a source of food, but has also played a key...
Priyanka Sambyal Priyankasambyal29@gmail.com The Jammu region is widely recognized for its rich and vibrant tradition of deities, including Kul-devi or clan deities and local devi-devtas, which together constitute an important part of the Devta culture. These deities are not merely...
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Ashish Chouhan ashu.padr15@gmail.com Nestled deep within the mighty Himalayas of Jammu and Kashmir lies the remote and mystical region of Paddar, a land that many people lovingly call Dev Bhoomi, the Land of the Gods. The title is not merely...
Kuldeep Singh kuldeepthakurkt7@gmail.com There is a valley in the Kishtwar Himalayas that the modern world has visited only recently, and even now visits reluctantly. Paddar a narrow, Y-shaped cleft in the Great Himalayan range, some eighty kilometres along the Chenab,...
Dr Deepshikha Sharma Rutt Raade, also known locally as Minjra, is a traditional seasonal folk practice associated with the cultural heritage of the Dogra people. It is closely linked with the monsoon season and is traditionally observed over a period...
Afreen Bhat bhatafreen860@gmail.com Kashmir is famous not only for its natural beauty but also for its rich culture and traditions. One of the most graceful and loved traditions of Kashmir is the folk dance called Rouff. It is simple, elegant,...
by Sujoy Dhar twfindia@gmail.com It was an ordinary day in the late 1990s when I set out into the villages of Howrah district near Kolkata alongside Dominique Lapierre, the celebrated French writer whose soul seemed stitched into the soil...
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