The Raffughar
While obediently following his parents’ dreams of chasing for a medical school seat, a young boy was fascinated by a painter’s brush. Finally, when he talked about his desires, the family threw a canvas before him. Within years he emerged with Raffughar, a new upmarket Kashmir brand, reports
Khalid Bashir Gura
Wajahat Hussain Rather, the man behind the Raffughar label
More than three decades ago, a little boy would routinely linger around signboard painters and watch keenly how they moved brushes, choose colours and created designs. Now, Wajahat Hussain Rather, 39, is a Delhi-based designer, known more for his label,
Trained In Different Fields, Two Srinagar Sisters Are Tied Together By Art
Tasavur Mushtaq
SRINAGAR: As Kashmir witnessed the first snowfall of New Year, 2021, life went out of the gear completely. The snow falling on trees and terraces of the houses saw the wobbly rooftops being collapsed. Besides, other winter vulnerabilities, connectivity emerged as the major issue, both in urban and rural Kashmir. However, amid, hazards of the white blanket, there was a scene of excitement as well.
Qurat-ul-Ain Zohra and Aiman Zohra busy giving finishing touches to a snow sculpture they made to honour frontline Covid-19 workers. The photograph was taken at their Srinagar, home on Sunday, January 10, 2021. KL Image by Bilal Bahadur
Aadil Hussain
The tale wants to create hatred and competition among women to safeguard their husbands: each wife begins to take another woman as a husband hunter equivalent to
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An illustration by Irshad Ahmad Mir fora folk tale the Khor and the Rantus
I can’t agree with Margaret Halsey when she portrays folklore as a collection of ridiculous notions not held by her. I rather believe Grandma who would say that folklore forms base to the superstructure of our culture. Yet, when I look back at all the folktales I have been told, I wish some of them like the tale of