Author: M. J. Aslam

The contribution to educational and healthcare systems of pre-1947 Kashmir by Britishers under the patronage of Residency is well known. But, among many Britishers &…

So’nth has found a mention in local folklores & poetry also. Some proverbs that relate to So’ nth are: So’nth Chu Tsali, Te Harud Chu…

Son’th is the first of the four seasons of a year in Kashmiri calendar, spreading over three months of Hamal, Soor & Jawza of Persian…

In Europe & other countries, before invention of printing press in mid 15th century & emergence of newspapers in 17th & 18th centuries, the news was spread by…

The surnames did not exist from the time of Adam, is known to everybody familiar with human history. However, like nicknames, their correlatives, they did…

It is a well known Kashmiri proverb. Literally, it means one’s own harvest is equal to twelve Traks. Trak was a measurement of grain in…

TSHUPIH CHI RUPSINZ, KARAKH HI SONSINZ”: Literally this Kashmiri adage means silence is silvern & if you maintain, it becomes golden. Explanation: Its exact English…

As in all cultural languages, there are idioms about greed in Kashmiri also. The famous & oft-quoted Kashmiri proverbs relating to greed are: Ziyadeh Tamihis…

Then came what the Press described as the Munshi-Ayyangar formula of the Drafting Committee, which were the proposals of Ayyangar as amended by Munshi, which…

In 1946, when the work began for framing of the Constitution by the Constituent Assembly, almost with the opening sessions of the Assembly, the heated…