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Ladishah (also spelled Ladi Shah or Laddi Shah) is a storytelling musical genre originated in Jammu and Kashmir with its roots in traditional and humorous folk singing originally sung by minstrels while locally wondering from one place to another. [2]
Khalid Bashir Ahmad is an Indian Kashmiri author, poet, and former civil servant. [1] [2] He has written on the socio-political history of Kashmir.Ahmad served in the Kashmir Administrative Services (KAS) and held positions including Director of Information and Public Relations and Secretary of the Jammu & Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture, and Languages.
Literature of Kashmir has a long history, the oldest texts having been composed in the Sanskrit language. Early names include Patanjali, the author of the Mahābhāṣya commentary on Pāṇini's grammar, suggested by some to have been the same to write the Hindu treatise known as the Yogasutra, and Dridhbala, who revised the Charaka Samhita of Ayurveda.
Lalleshwari, (c. 1320–1392) also commonly known as Lal Ded (Kashmiri pronunciation: [laːl dʲad]), was a Kashmiri mystic of the Kashmir Shaivism school of Hindu philosophy. [1] [2] She was the creator of the style of mystic poetry called vatsun or Vakhs, meaning "speech" (from Sanskrit vāc).
Abdul Ahad Dar (1903 – 4 April 1948), popularly known as Abdul Ahad Azad, was a Kashmiri poet, historian and literary critic. Born in the Rangar village of Chadoora in Budgam district, Azad is considered to be the first revolutionary poet and is credited with laying the foundations of literary criticism in Kashmiri literature.
Yunoos Osman, associated with the University of Durban-Westville, expressed disappointment in Abdur-Rahman Mubarakpuri's commentary on Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi Sharh al-Tirmidhi, where errors in the book were attributed to Anwar Shah Kashmiri, despite Muhammad Chiragh Punjabi's acceptance of responsibility for any shortcomings.
Abdul Wahab Khar (c. 1842 – c. 1912 [1]), also appears as Wahab Khar, was the 19th-century Kashmiri Sufi mystic poet [2] [3] and saint. He is sometimes referred to as "scholar" for his contribution to the literature of Kashmir. [4]
Mirza's second novel, The Book of Gold Leaves, was published in 2014. [3] A love story between a Sunni and a Shi'ite in troubled 1990s Kashmir, it was reviewed by Alice Albinia in the Financial Times : "A haunting illustration of how, at the end of last century, normal life became impossible for many of those who call Kashmir home."