Antartica Hero Shri MK Kaul passes away
By L.C. Kaul The Antartica Hero, affectionately known to his large circle of friends and admirers as ‘DOD’, left for his heavenly abode, on 18/2/2008, after having suffered a sudden brain haemorrhage,...
View ArticleArun Fotedar-A Tribute
By M.M. Munshi A gem and a brilliant scientist of our community Dr. Arun Fotedar passed away due to liver failure at UCSD Medical Centre, Hillcrest California on 9th July 2007. His disease surfaced in...
View ArticleAn Unsung Genius – Arun Kaul
By J. L. Manwati In early sixties a young Kashmiri walks into the T.O.I. Dharmyug’s office at D. N. Road Bombay, with a Hindi poem in hand and introduces himself to the Editorial Staff as ‘Arun...
View ArticleRemembering Bansi Lal Ji
By Prof. A.N. Dhar I had the good fortune of getting to know Shri Bansi Lai Khar at Jammu over a decade back . Our relationship flowered into a close friendship within a couple of years. How sad it is...
View ArticlePt. Jawahar Lal Kaul-A Tribute
By S.M. Pandit Pt. Jawahar Lal Kaul, Secretary Panun Kashmir, Haryana State and a veteran Trade Unionist passed away at Ambala after a brief illness. At a condolence meeting held in his memory Panun...
View ArticlePt. Jia Lal Kaul was an outstanding teacher
Jia Lal Koul Nazir was born at Zainakadal in 1897. His father Pt. Rishi Kaul was a petty landowner in Sebdan, a village close to Srinagar. The Jagir was too small to take care of the family consisting...
View ArticleA Homage To Pandit Janki Nath Kachroo
Former Principal, National School, Srinagar, Kashmir By MK Dhar Pandit Janki Nath Kachroo, former Principal-National School, Karan Nagar, Srinagar, Kashmir, left for heavenly abode in September 2006....
View ArticleDr. (Col.) Saligram Kaul was a Social Visionary
By Dr. Ramesh Kumar Dr. Saligram Kaul, the noted physician passed away on Feb ruary 17, 2005 at New Delhi after a brief illness. He had a distinguished career both as an able physician as well as an...
View ArticleMr. JN Patwari – A Homage
By M.K. Dhar I first saw Mr Jagan Nath Patwari when he was in thirties. A young, charming, active and graceful personality. He was the person who conducted me to my class in the school, National...
View ArticleDr. Madusudan Jalali passes away
KS Correspondent In the passing away of Dr. MS Jalali Kashmir has lost an out standing Veterinarian and an ace cricketer. He was probably the first Kashmiri veterinarian. Dr. Jalali had passed his...
View ArticleMr. JN Patwari – A Homage
By M.K. Dhar I first saw Mr Jagan Nath Patwari when he was in thirties. A young, charming, active and graceful personality. He was the person who conducted me to my class in the school, National...
View ArticleDr. Prem Nath Kachroo-A Scientist of Repute
Dr. Prem Nath Kachroo, the legendary Professor and a foremost researcher was a renowned Botanist of National and international fame. His name evokes respect and reverence, he was a teacher with a...
View ArticleMohan Lal Kashmerian
These lines were written as Forward to Prof. Hari Ram Gupta’s biography on Mohan Lal from Allahabad on July 13, 1940. –Editor By Jawaharlal Nehru Many years ago – it is so long that I have forgot ten...
View ArticlePrem Nath Pardesi-Prem Chand of Kashmir
By Dr. Brij Premi The people of Kashmir are known for their sharp in tellect, scholarship, artistic imagination and creative potential from times immemorial. They have shown their worth in the varied...
View ArticleProf Raj Kaul – He taught English, the English way
By Madan Mohan Puri I had turned 17 when Independence came in 1947, bringing in its wake an avalanche of miserable refugees, a hefty mass of which streamed into Ferozepur, the town of my birth which...
View ArticleAga Hashar Kashmiri was An Outstanding Playwright
By Moti Lal Kemmu Whenever Kashmiris migrated to other parts of the country for longer times or permanent settlement they were known as Kashmiris because of their language and customs. While speaking...
View ArticleDr. Ram Mohan Datatreya
By Prof. Ravi M. Bakaya I have known Dr. Ram Mohan Dattatreya for a long time. We were childhood friends in Model Town, Lahore, where his father Pt. Pearay Mohan Dattatreya was assistant editor of the...
View ArticleSham Lal Aima was a creative writer
By Dr. Premi Romani Sham Lal Aima was a well-known short story writer, a poet of good merit and a good social worker of his time. His name, like many others—Vishwanath Dhar Mah. Jummuvi, Dina Nath...
View ArticleSuraj Bhan
He Died a Lion’s Death JAMMU: He had just finished distributing Shivratri Prasaad of walnuts amongst his collegues. Suraj Bhan a member of the Special Operation Group (SOG) had returned to join his...
View ArticleMajor Sushil Aima
‘HAIL, YE INDOMITABLE HEROES, HAIL !’ By Shyam Kaul (Safapuri) In mid-eighties, when young Sushil Aima, a 12th class student, sought admission to the National Defence Academy, he did not inform his...
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