In the quiet village of Gund Khawaja Qasim in Singhpora, Pattan, far from the limelight of publishing houses and literary festivals, a young Kashmiri writer is slowly carving out his place in contemporary literature. Kais Abbas, still a st…
In the remote village of Paranpillan in Uri, Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, where the Pir Panjal mountains cast long shadows and life often feels shaped by hardship, a young woman has quietly risen to prominence with nothing more than her pe…
Music in Kashmir has always been more than entertainment — it is memory, identity, and resistance woven into song. Among its many voices, none has carried the spirit of the valley quite like Raj Begum (1927–2016). With a voice at once tender and power…
