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Alman Khasun: In Kashmir, climbing on top of things, roof, shelves, poles, windows, gates, walls, trees, anything, in a state of frenzy.
Clip: 1. Bollywood frenzy from a song in Mr. Natwarlal (1979) shot in Kashmir. 2. A shot from frenzy that was 1990.
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Ace of Spade is the highest card in a deck of cards.
In Zanzibar, they call Ace of Spade:
Kashmir
How far is Zanzibar from Kashmir?
In winters, there’s a little bird that flies all the way from Kashmir,
over Kerala, to Sri Lanka.
At both the places, they say, it steals cotton.
In Kashmir they call it:
Fhambaseer
When King Milinda asked Nāgasena:
When I witness ups and downs, banks and demarcations, I lose my temper, I seek oneness and equality, for these I run and foam and fret.
~ Dariyaav (River), poet Abdul Ahad Azad (1906-48)
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| ‘Kashmir Woman’ Made in Austria |
Weird world. Back then someone in Austria had even made a postal stamp out of the photograph of a Pandit woman profiled by Fred Bremner. In 1921, the image was mislabelled as that of a ‘Boatwoman’ by National Geographic.
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Previously on this image the:
Bhattni/Haenz’bai by Fred Bremner, 1900
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Burial pit. Burzahom. A decade long digging and study by T.N. Khazanchi that stated in early 1960s. From ‘Indian Archaeology – A Review, 1962-63’.
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| Goddess of Dance, Indrani 7th Century, Kashmir Sri Pratap Museum This Goddess of Dance, Indrani 7th Century, Kashmir Sri Pratap Museum This one was came from Badamibagh in 1926. About 20 other were found in Pandrethan between 1923 and 1933 while digging of military barracks were going on in the area. More than 500 relics were found. Now not much remains. |
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| Kashmiri Dancing Girl at Shalimar photograph by Herford Tynes Cowling, for National Geographic Magazine, October 1929. |
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| Vyjayanthimala in Amrapali inserted into a comic panel based on story of Hamsavali from Somadeva’s Kathasaritsagara. Somadeva, son of Brahman Rama, composed the Kathasaritasagara (between 1063 and 1081) for Queen Suryavati, daughter of Indu, the king of Trigarta (Jalandhar). She was the wife of King Anantadeva, who ruled Kashmir in the eleventh century. The story of Suryavati, Ananta, Kalsa and Harsha is perhaps the gruesomest tale from Rajatarangini that ends with Anata killing himself by sitting on a dagger and Suryavati going ablaze. |
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| What can’t you get in Kashmir? You can get everything Raj Kumar in ‘Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai’ (1960) |
It has to be everything.
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Video: Half shot about 3500 Kilometers away from Kashmir. Half in Kashmir.
Background score: An old recording of a Kashmiri song by Raj Begum
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| Poplar Avenue From Francis Frith’s album. Around 1850s to 1870s. via: Victoria and Albert Museum. |
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