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He was the first Indian to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize, referred to as the Nobel Prize of Architecture. Jaspreet Kaur India’s most celebrated architect and founder of Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT), B.V. Doshi, exemplified a life well lived and shall always be remembered as one of the great souls of India. Rest in peace! Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi, died in Ahmedabad today. He was 95. Fondly called BV Doshi or just Doshi, he will be remembered by all whose lives he touched. We, as students of CEPT, are eternally indebted to him. We will miss his infectious…

The ball is in Russia’s court. Saurabh Kumar Shahi The word ‘Russia’ doesn’t normally evoke a spirited response from a common Iranian. Far from it, in fact! There is a civilizational memory driving this. Iran and Russia have been competitors in the Caspian Sea and the Caucasian region for a very, very long time now. Common Iranians have historically seen Russia as an imperial force. Not much changed with the 1917 Russian Revolution. USSR was keen to see Iran come under its influence. The Khomeini Era   When the ruling Shah was toppled in the 1979 revolution, Moscow had its…

IANS Stressing that it is the job of the historian to take note of new research, historian and author William Dalrymple says there is nothing wrong with re-examining history in light of new evidence. “It is a good thing that history must be reexamined by every successive generation: relooked at and rethought and discussed over again. I personally believe that it is not at all a bad thing for history to be looked at from the ever-changing perspectives of the present. Such discussion and debate is entirely legitimate, but it has to be firmly anchored in the facts found in the primary…

Rehman Rahi’s struggle to salvage the Kashmiri language is unparalleled.    Jaspreet Kaur Language is the people. We cannot even conceive of a people without a language, or a language without a people. The two are one and the same. To know one is to know the other. ~ Sabine Ulibarrí Language is the code we have to express the experiences of a people. The nuances of the mother tongue remain just as smells of food that we have grown up eating. Julie Sedivy, author of ‘Language in Mind: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics’, writes: “When a childhood language decays, so…

Tanvi Shukla Chandigarh: Public Relations Council of India (PRCI) elected Dr. Rupesh K Singh as Chairman, Chandigarh Chapter. Dr. Singh was preceded by Mr. Vivek Atray as the chairman. Dr. Singh has remarkably excelled in the field of PR and comes with wider experience of government and corporate PR since 1997. An excellent communicator with a penchant for public relations and networking, Dr. Singh is a recipient of multiple national and international awards. Dr. Singh thanked Mr. Atray, Mr. CJ Singh and Ms Renuka Salwan for their contribution towards setting up young communicator clubs in institutions and organising several conclaves successfully.…

There cannot be a more satiating winter morning dish. Jaspreet Kaur Harissa, not to be confused with the hot red chilli pepper paste (another version is with rose petals) of Maghreb (Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria and Libya), is a winter breakfast dish of Kashmir, perhaps more of just Srinagar. A few dozen harissa shops, mainly in old Srinagar, the downtown area or the Shehar-e-Khaas, begin a routine around October that lasts till March. This centuries-old delicacy is a must-have breakfast meal in the harsh winters of the valley. History Harissa came to Kashmir in the 14th century, and the Srinagar city…

Editorial Staff Bollywood director Vivek Agnihotri is at it again – this time claiming that The Kashmir Files has been shortlisted for the Oscars.  There are 301 films, including 11 from India, that are on the list which will be trimmed down to five categories. The chances of any of the 11 Indian films making the cut aren’t certain. Agnihotri has attempted to play with the words. https://twitter.com/vivekagnihotri/status/1612699170787430403?s=20&t=egVsDdhxdNUFvnrEDdBfjw “BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: The KashmirFiles has been shortlisted for Oscars2023 in the first list of @TheAcademy. It’s one of the 5 films from India. I wish all of them very best. A great…

The Jnanpith winner was a lifelong campaigner for the Kashmiri language. by Tariq Rashid On the day of his passing, his poem Karav Kyah!—What Can We Do!—resonated with mourners as rich tributes kept pouring in for Prof. Rehman Rahi who breathed his last today in the wee hours at his Vichar Nag residence. The multiple award-winning bard had retired from active life. He was 98. Karav Kyah! is a lament portraying the helplessness of the people of conflict-ridden Kashmir. Rahi was often accused of not raising his voice in the turbulent nineties when the Kashmiris were at the receiving end…

The adult movie actress joins the party as well. Kashmir Newsline Desk In a hilarious blooper on the second day of the ongoing Test match between Pakistan and New Zealand at the National Stadium, Karachi, Bazid Khan, son of legendary cricketer Majid Khan,  referred to fellow commentator Danny Morrison as Dani Daniels, an American adult actress. In a video grab that became viral on microblogging platform Twitter and other social media sites, Khan is seen talking about the last wicket 106-run partnership between Morrison and Nathan Astle at Auckland in 1997 against England when he mistakenly calls Danny Morrison Dani…

Societies can ill-afford to keep women away from education. Ashok Swain After announcing that universities in Afghanistan will be closed to women, the Taliban administration has even restricted girls’ education above grade six and closed down private schooling for girls. The aftereffects of this decision will be serious and long-lasting for the country and its people. Though no other country has been as restrictive about girls’ education as Afghanistan has become in the last year, gender disparities persist in most of the world. As UNESCO estimates, 129 million girls are out of school, and only 49 per cent of countries…