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M. J. AslamGreater Kashmir |
To begin with, Egypt is the cradle of human civilisation, records Diodorus Siculus, Greek Historian, in the first century CE in Book I of his...
At the threshold, it has to be noticed that towards the end of the seventh century CE, it is said there lived a sorcerer, a bunghi, who knew...
In Kashmir, little quantity of poppy [Gul Lala] was cultivated at some places. In the past Kishtawar, Doda, Badarwah, Kakapora, were famed for its...
In the present essay, we shall discuss about the prevalence of the dens of opium and cannabis in the British India which are also mentioned in the...
This Kashmiri proverb literal connotes that one man cut the basic/supporting beam of a wooden-bridge over a stream. Thousands fell into it. Near...
The valley of Kashmir is gifted by Allah with enormous natural beauty. The “foreign” travelers and explorers who visited the valley in the past...
Allah Kay Ghar Der Hay, Andhair Nahi” is a common urdu proverb. Of course, Allah is replaced by Baghwan in Hindi. Its English equivalent is God’s...
“Bandobast Sahib” Sir Walter Roper Lawrence was the “Bandobast Sahib” of the peasants of Karnal, Ambala, and his “work may last from three...
Introductory: Ha’rud is the Kashmiri name for third season of the year: the autumn. In Persian, autumn is Payiz, and also Khizan. In Urdu, autumn...