Zalur or spider or Makdi (Urdu) & Ankaboot (Arabic/Persian) is an interesting creature of the nature. In Sanskrit spider means Luta. Its biting causes irritating…
View More Zalur: The cobwebs of conceitAuthor: M. J. Aslam
STORY OF HERD-INSTINCT – PART II Winter migration to Jammu
Partly, Kashmiris’ winter migration to hotter city of Jammu is due to their “improved socio-economic status” during one or two preceding decades that enabled them…
View More STORY OF HERD-INSTINCT – PART II Winter migration to Jammu[Part 1] Chhum te karas kyah: Story of herd-instinct
From earlier times, “it seems to have been customary for the rulers of Kashmir to leave the valley during the winter, and return to its…
View More [Part 1] Chhum te karas kyah: Story of herd-instinctPearls of wisdom
Pannis Darass Pannui Pon or Dara Komui Phatenovukh, Ami Pan’ni Po’in or Pan’nui Pon Chu Pannis Phathenavaan”: These are the three inter-related variants of one…
View More Pearls of wisdomEternally ungrateful, always harmful
Scorpion, Bich in Kashmiri, is considered one of the most harmful specie on the earth. Bich in literature represents a person with ‘hidden poison’ of…
View More Eternally ungrateful, always harmfulSnow: Sheen e Pipin te Lol e Pipin
Sheen e Peto Peto, Bayi Yito Yito, Mama Yito, Yito: Who has not come across these musical sayings in the valley? But, before we deal…
View More Snow: Sheen e Pipin te Lol e PipinSoi: A Proverbial Sting
“Soi” in Kashmiri is “Urtica Diocia” in Botany. It is a wild herbal plant that grows in wild & desolate places. Soi, nettles, grow in…
View More Soi: A Proverbial StingThe eternal wisdom
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…
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