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The World is a Stage

We at Shehjar want to use those words in another context from how they were used in the play. Our observation is that the displaced and dispersed Kashmiri Hindus are presently unable to make a substantive social or political impact by keeping concentration in a geographical area.

Author : Arun Koul More

Priya Raina

Indian audiences the world over were recently witness to a special event, a Kashmiri girl from small city Jammu winning raves for her performance on the India�s Got Talent show. Priya Raina embodied great, charismatic stage presence while delivering a powerful performance.

Author : Arun Koul More

Unchained Melody: IndianOcean

�Indian Ocean� rose to eminence with their notable song �Kandisa�, an Aramaic prayer from their third album �Kandisa�, released on March 2000, which transformed them into India�s most distinguished and creative band.

Author : Bhumika Raina More

A place to die

Cancer is a horrific disease; terminal cancer is death waiting in the shadows. Waiting, yet in no hurry to pounce on its victim and gobble it up. It goes about its work leisurely and kills at its own pleasure.

Author : Dr. K L Chowdhury More

Lalleshuri ---- On the significance of her Guru

Lalleshuri was a blessed soul that had taken the human form in the mid-fourteenth century Kashmir with a mission ---- to serve as a guide in the divine path for numerous misled mortals and also to serve as a bridge between Hindus and Muslims of Kashmir

Author : Jawahar Lal Bhat More

News in Pictures

Exclusive news in pictures are for the month of June, 2009 by Shehjars Photo Journalist.

Author : Raman Raina More

Horoscopes August 2009

Read what the month of August has in store for you!

Author : Acharya Surinder Gautama More

Raja Chandra

The story of Raja Chandra may sound bizarre and gruesome among folklore but it is steeped in deep moral and ethical overtones. That is why Bhattas love the lore of Raja Chandra and sing it in ballads or as free verse on various social occasions.

Author : P.N. Ganjoo More

Adventures of Xio Xiu

This is the story of Xio Xiu (read Zou Zoo), a young boy of 14 years who lived with his parents and a little brother Lin, five years his junior, in a hamlet of about 80 odd families (total population 433) close in the mountain ranges to the north of the Xi'an province of China almost touching the present Mongolia border.

Author : B. L. Dhar More