Janamashtami in Srinagar
Pandits gather at Kheer Bhawani temple for festival
Tulmulla: The Kheer Bhawani mela, one of the most important festivals of Kashmiri Pandits, saw thousands of devotees thronging the temple of Mata Kheer Bhawani in Tulmulla area of Ganderbal on Wednesday. The devotees offered prayers and sang hymns in praise of the goddess at the temple situated among majestic chinar trees. Thousands of Kashmiri […]
BOOK REVIEW: Sociological analysis of Pandit Migration in Jammu and Kashmir
Tanveer Ahmad Zoie Migration of population(s), a demographic process, is an international phenomenon. People used to migrate in the past as well but these days, there is an increasing trend toward the same where people migrate from underdeveloped to developed countries resulting in what has been termed as the “brain drain”. While human migration has […]
Pandits who lived with Muslims for a week felt it was ‘homecoming’
SRINAGAR: A week’s experiment of 50 Pandits to live among Muslim families and overcome fears of returning to the Valley successfully came to an end on Tuesday. Saeb Lal, a Kashmir Pandit who returned to the valley after 26 years and lived with a Muslim family during a week, said that the return of Pandits […]
Nobody will come with ‘begging bowl’, onus on Pandits to return: Farooq
Srinagar: Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah has said that the “onus is on the Pandits” to make a comeback to the Valley. “They (the Pandits) have to realize one thing- nobody is going to come with a begging bowl and say ‘come and stay with us’, they have to make the […]