1.2 lakh take holy dip in sacred pond Govind Sharma JAMMU, Nov 7: The historic annual Jhiri Mela, one of the largest fairs in North India, which commenced today amid tight security at village Jhiri, about 20 kilometres from Jammu, witnessed huge rush of devotees from within and outside Jammu and Kashmir who paid obeisance at Bawa Jitto shrine. Click here to watch video Around 2 lakh devotees thronged the Bawa Jito shrine and the Mela on very first day […]
B D Sharma My encounters with brilliance didn’t stop at the accounts already narrated such as the prediction of my rise in life by a Sadhu, earning limelight after pointing out the comparative loss of kerosene oil and the matchstick, expertise in reciting the story of Bawa Jitto etc. I had another brush with talent when as a teenager I pointed out that some households had been left out by the Panches while distributing Batashe/ Pataashe to the villagers in […]
B D Sharma I don’t remember as to how and when did the strange notion enter my head that I was quite an intelligent child. Later in life it did dawn upon me that it was a case of a figure among cyphers or rather a case of a frog in the well. Harbouring such a thought was childish or rather foolish on my part. Apart from my naivety, the huge appreciation which my doting parents and grandfather showered upon […]
Rajeshwar Singh Raju On this auspicious day, while congratulating all theatre activists and theatre goers I would like to throw light on present scenario of theatre activities in Jammu region. But before that let me admit that this day is very important not only from art point of view but for very significant role that theatre has played in shaping our society worth living. Oscar Wilde, an eminent Irish poet and one of the most popular playwrights says, “I regard […]
K B Jandial There is nothing wrong in renaming the roads and institutions in India as it started immediately after Independence. In fact, the Govt undertook this exercise to identify public roads having names drawn from India’s colonial past and shed the symbols of foreign domination and rechristened these with Indian and local names. Delhi’s Kingsway Road was the first road to be rechristened. It was renamed as Rajpath. The next road was Queensway which was renamed as Janpath. It […]