The Narvaw Walla

  The literary era of poetry in Kashmir phase out from ‘’ Vakhs”(four line couplet style) of Lalleswari ,whose mystic and ascetic verses are practically on every Kashmiri’s lips, commonly known as “Nightin-gale’’ of Kashmir . Downhill to Sheikh-Noorud-Din (Nund Rishi): Patron saint of Kashmir who modernized the Kashmiri Language, Habba  Khatoon, ”Abdul  Ahad  Azad ‘’mostly preferred as the “John Keats’’ of Kashmir and is pioneer of modernist movement , ”Zinda  Kaul ‘’ (Master-Ji) the first poet of Kashmir to win the ‘’Sahitya Academy Award” in 1965 for ‘’Sumran’’, Dina Nath  Nadim , Gani Miskeen , ‘’Mahjoor” so called as ‘’Words- Worth” of Kashmir and many more legends associated with the Literary Canon who contributed a lot to Kashmiri Literature. Likewise many other prominent bards who chipped-in a lot to Kashmiri Culture and Literature but are still unknown to the people having rich Literary taste. “Ganaie  Sultan”, a big Wheel of versatile intellec...

  Chronologically, on December 3, 2018, the Ministry of HRD officially tweeted that the Kashmiri language on the Bhasha Sangam program is removed in response to the raised sentiments with respect to Religion-based Version of language by Kashmiri Hindus, which had isolated the Kashmiri language at national level till today. By revoking Article 370 on 5th August 2019, Kashmiris faced Isolation, which was ensured by the government of India by deploying tens of thousands of troops, suspending telephone and internet services, shutting schools and colleges, and ordering tourists to leave. Another distressful isolation was with respect to the official language, as stated in Section 47 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019, published by the Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice the 9th August 2019. Section 47 (1) states that   ‘The Legislative Assembly may by law adopt any one or more of the languages used in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir or Hindi ...

  The arrival of Islam added to Kashmirs rich religious past and complexity. Sufi - infused  Sunni Islam slowly seeped into the compact Kashmir valley starting perhaps from the late 1000, and Certainly from 1200. It came via travelers, traders, mercenaries, missionaries and returning Kashmiris.  One of the most striking features of the Spread of Islam in Kashmir is the key role played by an indigenous Sufi Order, the Muslim Rishis, further more , pre Islamic Kashmir, rishis were world renouncers rather than social reformers, seeking individual salvation by retiring to forests and caves in the mountains and inflicting on themselves austerities in the hope of attaining release from worldly desires and bonds. From the early 1300, Islam was brought more actively into Kashmir by Selfless Divines, such as Bulbul Shah , from Turkestan Via Baghdad,and more particularly by Hazrat Mir Syed Ali Hamdani, from Hamadan  Iran. He is regarded by the Kashmiri Muslims as the Amir -i- ...