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Syeed Fakhrudin Hamid, Deputy Commission, Budgam, flagging off ski expedition at Doodpathri

Doodpathri is the newest winter tourism spot in Kashmir

People walking in Srinagar in snowfall (Pics Basit Zargar)

How Kashmiris keep warm in harshest phase of winter

Syed Adil Zahoor with his family (Pics Basit Zargar)

Adil Zahoor: Amenities in Baramulla, Srinagar helped me crack ISS

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Japanese Cherry blossom to prolong tourist season in Kashmir

Ehsan Fazili/Srinagar Within a few years, the tourists visiting the largest Tulip Garden of Asia at Srinagar, Kashmir, could extend their stay to see the magnificent Cherry blossom generally associated with Japan. As the Tourism authorities are celebrating the success of this Tulip season that saw a record 4 lakh tourists flocking in since it was thrown open on March 23, their plans to start a Cherry Orchard next to it are already afoo...

Wakf to restore neglected 400-year Pather Masjid in Srinagar

Ehsan Fazili/Srinagar In a significant move, the J&K Wakf Board has decided to approach the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) for permission to carry out the restoration work of the four-century-old Pathar Masjid in downtown Srinagar. This was disclosed by the Chairperson of J&K Wakf Board Dr Darakhshan Andrabi during her visit to the mosque which has a rich history and yet has suffered a long period of neglect. Built by Mugh...

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Kashmiri filmmaker Mushtaaque Khan was on jury of Nepal Film festival

Ehsan Fazili/Srinagar Filmmaker Mushtaaque Ali Ahmad Khan, the person behind the Kashmir World Film Festival (KWFF), recently served as a member of the jury at the 5th edition of the three-day ‘Nepal Cultural International Film Festival’ (NCIFF), held at month end i Kathmandu. 37 countries participated in it. The other members of the jury included Ljubinka Stojanovic from Serbia and Magdalena Juszczyk from Poland. Besides b...

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Qaiser Nizami, the only Kashmir musician to win a Grammy nomination

Ehsan Fazili/Srinagar Qaiser Nizami has not only won the hearts and minds of music lovers across Kashmir but also is the only artist from Jammu and Kashmir to get international attention with his nomination for the prestigious Grammy award from the US in 2019. He won the nomination for his song “Nazninay...” (O beauty), as a singer, musician, composer, and director. he is thus the only one from J&K to be nominated in th...

Pampore boy gets three gold medals in ice stock championship

Ehsan Fazili/Srinagar Zerhan Ashaiq, 13, from Kashmir’s saffron township of Pampore, about 15 km south of Srinagar, has clinched yet another success by bagging three gold medals in the national Ice Stock Championship held at the ski resort of Gulmarg recently. The enthusiastic boy, who has been participating in various sports activities during the past about seven years, bagged three Gold medals in addition to Silver and a Bronze...

Amir Rashid Wani used crowdfunding for social work and got PhD as reward

Ehsan Fazili/Srinagar Amir Rashid Wani was 20 years old when he started helping people who were in distress. Soon, he realised there were too many such people; they needed money to ease their lives. He founded an organisation - Mooj Kasheer (Mother Kashmir) Welfare Trust (MKWT) to raise funds in a transparent manner for a better and direct outreach. Five years into social work, and he is, today, one of the youngest social workers to be...

Kashmiris eagerly await snowfall in the last leg of peak winter

Ehsan Fazili/ Srinagar As Chillai Kalaan, the 40-day harshest period of winter, is going to enter its last quarter, Kashmiris await snowfall with bated breath to avert water shortages in summer, sustain tourism industry and break the present deadly chill. In the Valley of Kashmir, winter is marked by three phases, spreading over 70 days; it begins with the 40-day Chillai Kalaan on December 21, followed by 20 days of Chillai Khurd and t...

I like the focus of Awaz-the Voice

Ehsan Fazili Having worked for the print media for more than three decades, which began with the use of typewriters and printing of newspapers after setting each alphabet by hand, it was a unique experience to work for the newly launched news portal. This initiative may have been taken in tune with the rising demands of the media, equipped with the all-inclusive and overwhelming internet facility. Initially, I felt apprehensive but wit...

I like the focus of Awaz-the Voice

Ehsan Fazili Having worked for the print media for more than three decades, which began with the use of typewriters and printing of newspapers after setting each alphabet by hand, it was a unique experience to work for the newly launched news portal. This initiative may have been taken in tune with the rising demands of the media, equipped with the all-inclusive and overwhelming internet facility. Initially, I felt apprehensive but wit...

Atiqaji's refurbished Meeras Mahal brings Sopore on heritage map

Ehsan Fazili/Srinagar Unmindful of the turmoil and violence that Kashmir and especially her town was going through, Atiqa Bano of Sopore, North Kashmir, had started collecting ‘heritage items’ that could soon vanish from the life of common Kashmiris and housed them in a museum she named Meeras Mahal (The heritage palace). Sixteen years after the passing away of Atiqaji, as she was popularly called, in 2017, her family conti...

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A year after receiving Padam Shri, Balti author Akhone Asghar Ali Basharat struggles to get book published

Ehsan Fazili/Srinagar The only Padma Shri Balti writer, Akhone Asghar Ali Basharat from the Kargil district of Ladakh, is struggling to get his anthology of native poetry published. Akhoon has already published five books and when he was confered with the Padma Sri by the government of India in 2022, it looked as if his career would take to newer heights. However, a year later, he lacks the resources to get his latest book published. S...

Naseem Shafaie is busy chronicling Wanwun and Natiya Kalaam in Kashmiri

Ehsan Fazili/Srinagar Naseem Shafaie’s third Kashmiri anthology Bae Wanith Zaani Kus (To whom I should tell) was released in Srinagar a month back. The release of the poetic collection of the only woman Sahitya Academy awardee in Kashmiri literature was a moment to cherish for the languages that are facing challenges due to the rising trend of natives speaking Hindustani (Kashmiris call it Urdu). The revamped Tagore Hall of the J&...

Kashmiri youth address drug abuse through stage plays in Srinagar

Ehsan Fazili/Srinagar On the last Saturday of every month, young Kashmiris dress up as characters and stage the play before a small yet discerning audience inside a small hall of a heritage building in Srinagar downtown on the banks of Jhelum, the Theme of the three plays staged so far is social issues like drug abuse and communal harmony. The young artists are from the Shehjar Children’s Theatre Group founded by the HELP Foundat...

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 ...

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