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, ...

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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 ...

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, ...

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, ...

Kitaab Ghar (Home of Books) at the Lal Chowk Srinagar Kitaab Ghar (Home of Books) at the Lal Chowk Srinagar was once a popular hangout of Kashmiri language writers and litterateurs. With half shutter ...

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 ...

Teacher Mubashir Ahmad Shah (48), who writes under the pen name Izhar Mubashir, won the Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar for children’s literature this year. The award, which comes with a copper ...