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Volume 04, Issue 10
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Monday, 14 May 2012 15:04 |
The breath-taking voice behind ‘Zinde Rozna Baapat chee Maraan Lukh, Che Tee marakh Naa’, Vijay Malla passed away after he suffered a heart attack at his residence in Jammu on May 09.
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Volume 04, Issue 10
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Monday, 14 May 2012 15:01 |
In a rare happening, Afroza, a 32-year-old woman from a Budgam village, gave birth to quintuplets, three boys and two girls, at Lal Ded hospital. These were cesarean section births involving spinal anaesthesia and the surgery took around 90 minutes.
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Volume 04, Issue 10
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Monday, 14 May 2012 14:59 |
Yet again the state government employees are on the roads. Again police swung into action and did not let them gherao the secretariat as announced by the employees.
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Volume 04, Issue 10
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Monday, 14 May 2012 14:55 |
Prof AG Bhat struck a hornet’s nest declaring at a rally in his own village that UN resolutions could not solve Kashmir issue. He met with an angry response by his colleagues some of whom were present at the rally. Is it a struggle for democracy and power sharing within the Hurriyat or it points out at the changing winds between New Delhi and Islamabad? Ahmad Riyaz analyses.
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Volume 04, Issue 10
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Monday, 14 May 2012 14:53 |
The families displaced by the road widening project in downtown Srinagar are complaining of highhandedness of the authorities while taking away their homes for decongesting the area. Many of their woes may be a case of not knowing the government rules, Bilal Handoo reports.
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Volume 04, Issue 10
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Monday, 14 May 2012 14:51 |
Once a thriving industry Kashmir was known for across continents, silk yarn production has been on a steady decline. But an engineer, undeterred by its falling graph quit his comfortable government job to set up a successfully run, perhaps the only, silk yarn production unit in the valley. Arifa Gani reports from Islamabad.
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Volume 04, Issue 10
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Monday, 14 May 2012 14:49 |
How long do you wish your loved ones to live? A hundred years? At 132 and having never taken any medicine must be a nice feeling. Shams Irfan meets the man who has seen Kashmir most of us only read about in books.
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Volume 04, Issue 10
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Monday, 14 May 2012 14:47 |
There is an artist famous throughout the world for his bold, political graffiti seen in various conflict regions as well as in seemingly ordinary places. But his true identity is a mystery, and he is known only as Banksy. Saima Bhat meets a young man who seems to have a similar creative inspiration: The Banksy of Kashmir.
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Volume 04, Issue 10
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Monday, 14 May 2012 14:29 |
Poplars contribute to the local economy, are terrific carbon dioxide consuming factories and help save the forests. The pollen allergies, commonly attributed to poplars in late spring may be coming from other sources. Tasavur Mushtaq reports.
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Volume 04, Issue 10
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Monday, 14 May 2012 14:22 |
Parks around Srinagar are generally aimed to provide a comfortable place for socializing. But as Saima Riyaz reports, the behavior of some individuals makes it difficult for others to enjoy their time in these locations.
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Volume 04, Issue 10
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Monday, 14 May 2012 14:15 |
He is the youngest one in the academy where martial arts are taught and he is the only one to have won all the tournaments he participated in. Javaid Naikoo meets the eight year old national champion.
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Volume 04, Issue 10
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Monday, 14 May 2012 14:14 |
Javeid Naikoo in Shopian
Tens of thousands of people have died violent and unnatural deaths during the last two decades, while many simply disappeared. In most of the cases all that the government has been able to do is award cash compensation to the families of victims.
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Volume 04, Issue 10
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Monday, 14 May 2012 13:26 |
Handicrafts have been the main movers of Kashmir economy for centuries. The industry has survived through Kashmir’s troublesome history, but now might need more pragmatic interventions to fit it in the modern economy. Kashmir Life presents a snippet.
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Volume 04, Issue 10
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Monday, 14 May 2012 13:21 |
It is the fourth buyer seller meeting that the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) is organizing. Tasavur Mushtaq meets KCCI president Abdul Hamid Punjabi to understand how successfully the exercise is helping the handicraft sector. Excerpts from a long interview.
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Volume 04, Issue 10
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Monday, 14 May 2012 13:17 |
It’s hard to imagine that these beautifully crafted pieces of art are created from some of the simplest of raw materials. Umer Beigh reports on the creative genius of the Kashmiri Papier-mâché.
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Volume 04, Issue 10
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Monday, 14 May 2012 13:16 |
These can be found in posh designer stores throughout the world. The unique Crewel work by master artisans is an identity of families and clans across Kashmir, a Kashmir Life report.
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The cultural industries of Kashmir can become the harbinger of an enterprising future for commerce, says Haseeb A Drabu.
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Volume 04, Issue 10
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Monday, 14 May 2012 13:06 |
Zubair Ahmad
The Kashmir valley is well known for its arts and crafts and their importance in economic development of the State through employment generation and contribution to the export basket is substantial .
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Volume 04, Issue 10
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Monday, 14 May 2012 13:03 |
Over the centuries, skilled Kashmiri artisans have produced a myriad of intricate and elegant pieces of art—carved in wood. Junaid Bazaz reports on the beautiful tradition of woodwork.
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Volume 04, Issue 10
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Monday, 14 May 2012 13:00 |
M Shariq Farooqi
The handicraft industry in Jammu and Kashmir occupies an important place in its economy besides being a significant contributor to its foreign exchange earnings. The state’s handicrafts enjoy a prominent position on the world map of handicrafts export.
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Volume 04, Issue 10
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Monday, 14 May 2012 12:53 |
Syed Asma
Kashmir shawls are known for their intricacies, variety, material, designs and that exquisite look. It has entered the pages of history and has had an association with emperors and kings, queens and kingdoms. Sometimes it was presented as a gift and at other times paid as ransom as well.
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Volume 04, Issue 10
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Monday, 14 May 2012 12:44 |
Hussain Danish
A special thread from Assam mounted onto the handloom along with thickened silk from Patna, the skillful hands of a Kashmiri artisan and the locally-recreated-designs from Hamadan, is what goes in the making of a Kashmiri Kaleen.
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Volume 04, Issue 10
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Monday, 14 May 2012 12:41 |
Kashmir is home to one of the rarest and most expensive spices in the world: Saffron. Shams Irfan walks through the historic fields of Pampore.
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Volume 04, Issue 10
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Monday, 14 May 2012 12:40 |
Carpets in Kashmir are known to be artistic, creative and warm as well. Syed Asma reports on the common man’s carpet, the Namda-the main forex earner before carpets took over.
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Volume 04, Issue 10
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Monday, 14 May 2012 12:36 |
From Samarkand to Srinagar, Ashiq Hussain narrates the 600-year-old journey of stylish Samovar to the snow-bound valley of Kashmir through the Silk Route.
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Volume 04, Issue 10
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Monday, 14 May 2012 12:34 |
Tweeds from Scotland to Srinagar do not have much difference in quality, comfort and the manufacturing process. But the Harris Tweed sells ten times the cost of Poshsih, the branded Kashmir Tweed, because it is branded, packaged, protected and sold better, argues Tasavur Mushtaq.
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Volume 04, Issue 10
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Monday, 14 May 2012 12:30 |
Arifa
Arifa, 26, was one of the 20 students who studied Craft Management Entrepreneurship at the Craft Development Institute, Srinagar. She started her project ‘revival of Namda’ aimed at reviving “almost a dead art”.
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