The literary world of Indian-administered Kashmir is mourning the death of a beloved poet and champion of the Kashmiri language, which he is largely credited with rescuing from obscurity. Abdur Rehman ...

Ehsaas Foundation has extended its heartfelt congratulations to eminent Kashmiri poet Ali Shaida on being honored with the ...

When 22-year-old Touqeer Ashraf arrived in Srinagar for his education, he was struck by the way people spoke. “Not only young people, I saw even the elderly talking to the young in Urdu,” said Ashraf, ...

For centuries, the Kashmiri language has survived only through oral traditions; by 2013, those who could write the script fell to just 5%. This year, two technological giants, Microsoft and Google, ...

Many experiences have shaped the literary sensibility of the 25-year-old Kashmiri writer and language teacher Asif Tariq, but two stand out for their passive and overt violence. As a standard 7 ...

Only 5 of 27 sanctioned higher secondary lecturer posts are filled, with several districts reporting no appointed teachers at all. Even with postgraduates and PhD holders in Kashmiri available, ...

Kashmiri, or Koshur, is officially spoken by approximately 7 million Kashmiris, primarily in the Kashmir Valley and the Chenab Valley in Jammu. The language is mainly written in Perso-Arabic script, ...

Kashmir’s unofficial poet laureate, he gave voice to the rich culture of a bitterly divided territory and helped give his mother tongue a distinct literary identity. By Sameer Yasir NEW DELHI — Rehman ...

Professor Shafi Shauq, a 75-year-old poet, linguist and translator from Kashmir who was nominated for the Padma Shri Award, on Monday (January 26, 2026) said Kashmiri language is that of workers and ...

Over 80% of the lecturer posts sanctioned for teaching Kashmiri language in the schools of the valley are lying vacant even years after the native language was introduced as a subject in the schools ...