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...
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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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Dr Meetu Meenia Partition of the country deeply wounded the sentiments of the people. Jammu was also no exception. Before the partition there was no trace of caste system here. Hindus and Muslims lived with love and affection. Suddenly a...
Rajeshwar Singh ‘Raju’ rajeshwar68@gmail.com A True Theatre Actor or Director does not merely perform or command the stage, he breathes life into silence, shapes raw emotions into living stories, and transforms every performance into a soulful dialogue between vision and...
Dewanshi Verma ewanshivermaa@gmail.com Pottery is one of the oldest crafts in India, with a history that dates back to the Indus Valley Civilization. Traditionally practiced by communities known as kumhars, pottery has played an essential role in daily life by...
Ranjit Thakur thakur.ranjit3@gmail.com There are artists who find their path early-and then there are those whose path finds them. For Kanish Sharma, composer, music director, and artist from Jammu, the journey to Pal Ye Mera has been exactly that. Sharma...
By T N Ashok There is a particular irony embedded in the story of film festivals and India's capital. For decades, Delhi was the centre-piece of the nation's most prestigious cinematic gathering. The Vigyan Bhavan echoed with the chatter of...
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