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A Tribute to the Literary Legend - Sultan Ganaie By 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...

Kashmir: Linguistic Crisis at The Doorstep by Narvaw Walla

  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 ...