'Often people outside paint a wrong picture of us of Kashmiris. We are not like that.'We are cool and bindaas,' said the lady, a teacher, caressing my cheeks in the pressing crowds. August 15,......
'Sheikh Abdullah ruled the state with secular values. Post 1953, when he was sacked, corruption took over governance.' IMAGE: Sheikh Abdullah addresses a meeting in Gandhi Park in 1949.......
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said all was "not well" with the Peoples Democratic Party-Bharatiya Janata Party coalition and alleged that the state government had......
Sixty-three years after their arrival in Jammu and Kashmir as 'sanitary workers' on the request of the then government, members of Valmiki community are finally hopeful of a bright future for their......
'Ruling Kashmir with fear has its price.' IMAGE: Security personnel outside the Jamia Masjid in Srinagar on Eid, May 13, 2021. Photograph: Umar Ganie for Rediff.com "It would be wrong to presume......
Film music flourished in the 1970s. Some old masters did some great work, but it was also the decade of new composers.A fascinating excerpt from Amit Khanna's Words. Sounds. Images: A History Of......
The Incomparable Lata Mangeshkar passed into the ages on February 6, 2022. She was 92.Some of her best songs, in celebration of an incredible life. Nightingale of India. Greatest Indian Singer......