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Ghulam Mohammad Kumhar with Zoya Khan at the exhibition The Lone Craftsman (Pictures by Basit Zargar)

Kashmir’s last craftsman helps revive dying art of glazed tiles

Shrine of Sheikh Noorudin Noorani at Charar-e-Sharif, Budgam

Nund Rishi’s aura pervades over Kashmir Valley

A bride and a groom being blessed at the Helping Hands function

Kashmir sees mass weddings to address prohibitive costs

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LOC Ceasefire: 75 Kashmir villages turning into tourist hubs amidst peace

Ehsan Fazili/Srinagar About half a dozen scenic places located along the Line of Control (LOC) between India and Pakistan-controlled J&K in north Kashmir are luring tourists from across the country thanks to the cessation of firing agreed upon by the two countries three years ago to give peace a chance. The scenic valleys and meadows of Baramulla, Kupwara, and Bandipore districts that were tucked away in remote areas ha...

Farooq Abdullah's bravado led to 34-year restriction on Muharram processions in Srinagar

Ehsan Fazili/ Srinagar Exactly 35 years after the then Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah’s peace gesture of joining the Muharram procession in Srinagar ended in a fiasco and invited restrictions on the Shias’ traditional mourning ritual in memory of Imam Hussain, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad, Lt Governor Manoj Sinha joined the Ashoora procession in Srinagar on Saturday, symbolizing the changed environment of the Valley. Ma...

Indonesian Muslims celebrate their Hindu-Buddhist past, Hamid Naseem shares experiences

Ehsan Fazili/Srinagar In one of his first visits to Indonesia, the Island nation with the largest Muslim population in the world, Dr. Hamid Naseem Rafiabadi was introduced to a person named Vishnu at the airport. This academician from Kashmir took him as a Hindu since he was named after the Hindu deity Lord Vishnu and greeted him accordingly. To his utter surprise, Vishnu turned out to be a Muslim. This academician from Kashmir was in ...

For Kashmir’s Florence Nightingale Firdousa self-improvement is mantra for excellence

Ehsan Fazili/Srinagar It was a moment of excitement for Firdousa Jan, Staff Nurse at the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Srinagar, when she received the information that her name was on the list of awardees for the National Florence Nightingale award. She was excited and thought of her mother, whose motivation had made her decide in favour of joining Nursing as profession, 21 years ago. Firdousa Jan received the a...

Dr Abdul Majid raises alarm at rising use of injectable heroin in Kashmir

Ehsan Fazili/Srinagar In a recent video posted on social media, an elderly Kashmiri made a poignant appeal to the authorities - get his (drug addict) son arrested to prevent him from harming any member of his family or others under the influence of Charas (Cannabis). His appeal shows the helplessness of the families, most of whom are not able to help their children get rid of drugs. Drug use has become an epidemic in Kashmir with the n...

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How businessman Manzoor Wangnoo restored Khushal Sar Lake of Kashmir

Ehsan Fazili/Srinagar About two and a half years ago when Manzoor Ahmad Wangnoo, a prominent businessman of Kashmir was asked by the anchor during a television show that he must say in 20 seconds what inspired him to work for saving and restoring Kashmir’s water bodies, he replied “Ehsaas”. His reply explained how realization and concern on seeing the water bodies of the Valley shrink and gets degraded due to hu...

Soon, you can visit Kashmir for spiritual healing as JK gives shape to Sufi circuit

Ehsan Fazili/Srinagar While the Valley of Kashmir is breaking all records in tourist arrivals in all seasons, people in search of blessings of the Sufi saints and spiritual healing would soon find their calling to the Valley as the government is working on a plan to create a dedicated Sufi circuit to promote religious tourism. Kashmir has the highest number of Sufi shrines as the Islamic preachers starting with Sayyid Ali Hamadan also ...

Srinagar G20 Meeting: Kashmir's Sahil Santoor to fill the air with music for visitors

Ehsan Fazili/Srinagar A multi-lingual cultural programme, including Kashmiri folk music, Gojri songs, and Punjabi dance is all set to welcome over 100 delegates of the G 20 Summit, on their arrival for the two-day Tourism Working Group meeting beginning here Tuesday. The officials and delegates have already started arriving since Sunday morning, and are being lodged in two top hotels overlooking the sprawling Dal Lake under tight secur...

G-20 meeting: Refurbished Srinagar market place turns into a selfie-point

Ehsan Fazili/Srinagar Nearly 70-year-old Polo View market, a fashionable shopping center for tourists and locals alike in the heart of the city, wears an unbelievably new look ahead of the G 20 meeting being held here next week. Its paved roads, Chinar trees wrapped around with electric strands that illuminate at night and the Europe-like look has made it a center of attraction for the locals. The market located close to the Dal Lake a...

Srinagar is being decked up for G 20 meeting in May

Ehsan Fazili/Srinagar Amidst the blossoming of cherry, peach, apple, and pear; the fragrance of roses wafting through the Kashmir Valley, and farmers cultivating paddy, 100 delegates from 20 countries are scheduled to descend on Srinagar for the G-20 meeting on tourism in Srinagar on May 23. Preparations to develop and beautify the city of Srinagar set along the Jhelum river are in overdrive as it will be the first ever major internati...

Mutton, bakery sales up as Kashmiris prepare for Eid on Saturday

Ehsan Fazili/Srinagar Though the unseasonal rains brought down temperatures across the Kashmir Valley and played spoilsports with the festivities and the hustle and bustle in the makets in the run up to the Eid-ul-Fitre, preparations are going on in full swing for the big day that marks the end of the month-long fasting for Muslims across the world. As the Grand Mufti of J&K, Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam announced on Thursday night that th...

Srinagar Eidgah revamping and naming it after Shah-e Hamadan sends cheers in Valley

Ehsan Fazili/Srinagar The proposals of Darakhshan Andrabi, Chairperson, J&K Waqf Board, to name Eidgah after Shah-e-Hamadan, the Iranian missionary who introduced Islam to Kashmir 543 years ago, and to develop and beautify the ground before the Eid prayers have been hailed by people in Kashmir. Andrabi said Eidgah will be developed in a manner that will make it useful for the public other than on the occasion of Eid congregational ...

Kashmir NGO serves Iftari, Sehri to 1800 people in SKIMS hospital

Ehsan Fazili/Srinagar Going by the true spirit of the holy fasting month, around 15 volunteers of an organization are engaged every day to prepare 1800 food packets for Iftari and Sehri for attendants at the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Science (SKIMS) here. Working in rotation, these young volunteers of ‘We The Helping Hands Foundation’ (WTHHF), make food packets for Iftari and food packets both for dinner and Suho...

132 solo women among the highest-ever pilgrims from J&K to perform Hajj

Ehsan Fazili/Srinagar This year, 11,459 pilgrims from the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir - the highest so far – are scheduled to leave for Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj, a fundamental duty of a Muslim. This also includes 132 solo women pilgrims. According to Safeena Beg, the first woman chairperson of the J&K Hajj committee, all the eligible women who had applied for travelling to Saudi Arabia without a mahram (Male acco...

Shahida is reviving exotic attire of Gujjar tribe by empowering women with skills in Kashmir

Ehsan Fazili/Srinagar For four months, Shahida Khanum has been trying to teach a group of young girls from her community – the Gujjar tribe - of the Aragam village, Bandipore, in North Kashmir how to do Sozni, Embroidery, knitting and tailoring, and making handmade exquisite jewelry which is traditionally worn by the Gujar tribeswomen and might face extinction in the deluge of modern machine-made fashion attire and accessories. S...

Soon, tourists can visit Kashmir for spiritual healing as Sufi circuit is getting shape

Ehsan Fazili/Srinagar While the Jammu and Kashmir government is finalizing a grandiose plan to connect all major Sufi shrines to form a pilgrimage circuit, the Union Territory's Waqf Board chairperson Darakshan Andrabi says that religious shrines should be included in regular tour packages as well. Speaking with Awaz-the Voice, Andrabi, who is the first woman chairperson of the Waqf Board in India, said, “In my opinion, all s...

G-20 in Kashmir: Sinha

Ehsan Fazili / Srinagar As Jammu and Kashmir is gearing up to host one of the G 20 meetings on tourism in Kashmir on May 30, the Lt Governor Manoj Sinha made its special mention in his Republic Day address at the main function in Jammu on Thursday. The LG said that it was a “message to the enemies of humanity who were attacking the interests of our citizens through cowardly acts of terrorism for decades” and described Ja...

Srinagar to host G-20 tourism meet amidst Almond, Mustard blossom

Ehsan Fazili/Srinagar The capital city of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir is in for a major facelift as preparations for hosting one of the four G 20 tourism track meetings in the city are in the finals stages. The city on the banks of the Jhelum River has been selected as one of the 56 cities across India to host 215 meetings during India’s Presidency of G 20 this year. Kashmir being the venue of the G-20 meeting is a politica...

Doodpathri is the newest winter tourism spot in Kashmir

Ehsan Fazili/Srinagar Doodpathri, a magnificent Pine fringed meadow with many streams crisscrossing it, is the newest resort ready to welcome tourists from all over the world in winter in Kashmir. Located in the Budgam district, Doodpathri is already a must-visit for tourists in the summer. The Tourism department recently declared it open for winter tourism. Earlier Pahalgam, Sonamarg, and Yusmarg were opened for the same. The ...

How Kashmiris keep warm in harshest phase of winter

Ehsan Fazili/Srinagar Kashmir is synonymous with tourism in the summers but for the locals, the winter comes with its myriad challenges. It’s when they have to fend against the extreme cold by using layers of warm clothing and woolen home furnishings, observing a different routine while for many people living in far-off places and higher reaches as their area gets cut off from the rest of the world for days, weeks due to heavy sn...

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