We wish all the readers of Shehjar a very Happy New Year 2023. We predict that 2023 will be a Year of Great Challenges. This issue has some very interesting features that you will appreciate. The “Kashmir - The untold story” on current issues in Kashmir, "The resurgent Pandits of Kashmir" by Lalit Anjum Kher, "Power of narratives" by Rohini Vaishnavi, “Kashmiri Hindu Revolutionaries” by Dr. Shiban Raina, “A paradise lost” & “A Turbulent Night In Kashmir” by Rekha Tukra Koul, “Raktim Tandav”, collection of beautiful Hindi poems on Kashmir, “Feeling Homeless”, a book that will make one realize that despite being well settled and leading a happy life, the pain off separation of one’s homeland is immense.
The beauty of “Ahrabal” in images and “Paintings on Kashmir culture and its saints” by Ravi Dhar are worth your valuable time. A real short story “My Prudent Friend Safder” by M K Raina Ratnakar is chilling and realistic till its end. “The Hindu Calendar” by Dr. Nandita Shankar traces the genesis and history of our seemingly complicated Hindu calendar. She explains its basics in simple language so as to have a better understanding of the subject. “Beauty with Brains- An Insult” by our young author Jigyasa Raina and “The Message on the Rock” is a story about Kashmir Shaivism not only for children but for parents as well.
Book reviews, Recipes, Poems, News and several other features should appeal to you. Fulfilling your knowledge and informational needs on Kashmir related topics as well as providing you news, views, quality analysis and meaningful entertainment is the purpose of our efforts. Shehjar's contents as usual relate to diverse interests and profiles.
We wish to thank you, our readers and writers for bringing us this far, into our 106th issue and making it possible for us to keep serving an ever growing readership. We always welcome your messages and feedback to editor....@gmail.com. Please do not hesitate to send us your comments. There is a Feedback button for each of the articles and our authors like to hear from you.
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With best wishes & Happy New Year,
Deepak Ganju - Arun Koul
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