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Praagaash ÒççiççMç Net-journal of 'Project Zaan’ `Òççípçíkçwì ]pççvç' kçÀçÇ vçíì-HççÆ$çkçÀç For Private Circulation Only Kashmir - Gorgeous Icicles Image : Asif Iqbal Burza ß vçcçççÆcç lJççb Mççjoç oíJççR, cçnçYççiççR YçiçJçlççR kçÀçMcççÇj hçájJçççÆmçvççR çÆJçÐçç oççƳçvççR j#ç cççcçd j#ç cççcçd~ vçcçççÆcç lJççcçd~ Jç<ç& 5 : DçbkçÀ 2~ HçÀjJçjçÇ 2020 Vol 5 : No. 2~ February 2020 01 Praagaash ÒççiççMç `Òççípçíkçwì ]pççvç' kçÀçÇ vçíì-HççÆ$çkçÀç Jç<ç& 5 : DçbkçÀ 2 ~ HçÀjJçjçÇ 2020 In this issue Editorial ... M.K.Raina l Editorial : M.K.Raina 01 l JççKç lçe ÞçáKç 02 Lifting of total curbs on internet in Jammu & l Luminaries of the Kashmiri language : Vargis Khan - Arnimal - The Kashmiri Ancient Poetess 03 Kashmir did not happen on New l My Medical Journey : Dr. K.L.Chowdhury Year day as we had hoped. On 26 - Cutting Prescriptions To Size 10 January the Republic Day, 2G l Language & Scripts : Dr. P.L.Ganju - In Praise of Sanskrit 13 services were restored but it l Environment & Life : Prof. B.L.Kaul didn’t help Praagaash much - The Bird Song 18 because we can not reach our l Preserving Culture : Vishal Raina - Birth Rituals of Kashmiri Pandits 21 readers in absence of social l Preserving Culture : Zarka Batul media. We have our fingers - Birth Rituals of Kashmiri Muslims 22 crossed. l Preserving Culture : Kapil Bhat - kàvû púním - The Festival of Crows 23 Despite the social media l Language & Scripts : Ashok Dullu being out of bounds for the masses, especially our - Kashmiri Language Script 24 readers in the State, we are encouraged to receive lot l From The Pages of Ancient History : M.K.Parimoo - Srinagar in its Historical Perspective - II 30 of content for publication in the e-journal from our l Short Story : Parineeta Khar readers worldwide. This has resulted in considerable - Granny’s Pilgrimage 33 increase in the number of pages of Praagaash and l Kundanspeak : T.N.Dhar ‘Kundan’ - Autobiography 37 we are thankful to all our contributors for this. l kçÀçJ³ç (vçmlççuççÇ]kçÀ) : ]pçjçÇHçÀ Dçncço ]pçjçÇHçÀ Some time back Dr. K.L.Chowdhury sent me a - iç]pçuç 40 manuscript for Pragaash. It was a write-up by his l kçÀçJ³ç (oíJçvççiçjçÇ) : ]çÆ$çuççíkçÀçÇ vççLç oj kçáÀvovç brother, Shri Chaman Lal Chowdhury. On reading it - sç³çç 40 through I realized it was rather long for inclusion in a l Pilgrimages : Prof. R.N.Bhat regular issue of Pragaash which has already swelled - Dwarkeshwar Dham 41 l çÆ®çvççj kçíÀ hçbpçí : oçÇhçkçÀ yçáokçÀçÇ from 40 pages to more than 60 pages with the start of - SnçÆlçpççpç (vçmlççuççÇ]kçÀ) 42 new year. More importantly, it proved to be a moving l Grandma’s Stories : M.K.Raina memoir woven around a bicycle, unfolding a -45Ðççvçlç (oíJçvççiçjçÇ) kaleidoscopic vision of the times he lived in Kashmir l uçuç Ðço : SkçÀ Dç]pççÇcç MççF&jçb - MçççÆkçÀj Dçncço vççF&kçÓÀ 50 in the forties and fifties of the last century, of the l Profile : Sanjay Pandita people and places he describes with passion, of - Budding Artist Shivani Koul Bhat 54 l Language & Scripts : Vidushi Dembi close-knit families, and of the social, economic and - Crossing the Language Barrier 56 political milieu of that time. I felt it deserved to be l çÆmçuççÆmçuçeJççj kçÀLç : cç.kçÀ.jÌvçç published separately as a supplement to the monthly - lçyçoçÇuççÇ -4 (vçmlççuççÇ]kçÀ) 58 issue of Pragaash. I was sad to learn that Shri - lçyçoçÇuççÇ -4 (oíJçvççiçjçÇ) 61 Chaman Lal had passed away in 2017. I requested l Your Own Page - Holocaust Day : Rajesh Raina 63 l Your Own Page - Rakesh Roshan Bhat 65 Dr Chowdhury for his pictures and other information l Photo Feature 66 relevant to the memoir but unfortunately he had lost l Letters to the Editor 68 most of the early photographs during the mass Continued on Page 69 Editor : M.K.Raina ~ Guide & Consulting Editor : T.N.Dhar ‘Kundan’ ~ Editorial Office : 104-B, Galaxy, Agarwal Township, Babhola, Vasai Road (W) 401202, Dist. Palghar, Maharashtra, India. E-Mail: [email protected] ~ Cell: +91-7507114890 ~ Website: https://kpamumbai.org/praagaash/ ~ Layout & DTP : Ashwin Raina Project ZaanZaanisis the supported Literary by Initiative Kashmiri of Kashmiri Pandits’ Pandits’Association, Association, Mumbai. Mumbai. ÒççiççMç February 2020 ~ HçÀjJçjçÇ 2020 01 02 Praagaash ÒççiççMç `Òççípçíkçwì ]pççvç' kçÀçÇ vçíì-HççÆ$çkçÀç Jç<ç& 5 : DçbkçÀ 2 ~ HçÀjJçjçÇ 2020 JççKç - uçuç Ðço ÞçáKç - MçíKç vçÓj-Go-oçÇvç JçuççÇ ocççÇ [çRþecç iç@pç o]pçeJçevççÇ kçÀçcç ¬çÓÀo uçÓyç cçán lçe DçnbkçÀçj sá³ç ocççÇ [îçÓbþácç oen vç lçe vççj~ oçí]pçKçe vççj sá³ç çÆoJççvç yç´ç³ç~ ocççÇ [çRþecç Hççb[Jçvç neb]pç cçç@pççÇ ¬çÀ³ç lçe kçÀçjvç Gvoe Dççoçj sá³ç ocççÇ [çRþecç ¬çÀç@pççÇ cççmç~~ ®çbomç Ðççj sçÇ cççí kçÀj ]pçç³ç~~ ‡‡‡ n]pçjlçí cçánccço nJççoçj sá³ç Ün lççje oáçÆvç³çnmç uççíuç yççô©cç ³çLç J³ç]®ççjmç çÆyççÆn Hççvçe Kçáoç³ç~~~ HçlçJç ]pççívçácç kçWÀn vçlçe kçw³ççn~ nçJçmçe uççÆuç cçô Dç@çÆuçcççn Hççô©cç vvv Hçj Hçj kçÀçô©cç, HçÓ©cç vçe ]pççbn~~ ‡‡‡ ÒççiççMç February 2020 ~ HçÀjJçjçÇ 2020 0002 03 Praagaash ÒççiççMç `Òççípçíkçwì ]pççvç' kçÀçÇ vçíì-HççÆ$çkçÀç Jç<ç& 5 : DçbkçÀ 2 ~ HçÀjJçjçÇ 2020 Arnimal Episode The Kashmiri Ancient Poetess of 4 Lyricism, Love & Optimism Abdul Majeed Dar Arnimal was born in the tormenting for Arnimal and her picturesque village of Palhalan, thirty emotions were terribly stirred. As a kilometres away from Srinagar, in result of this sorrow and unhappiness 1737, nearly two hundred years after was born the most melodious poetry Habba Khatoon. She was brought up full of pathos and grief. Munshi in the charming surroundings of Bhawani Das kachroo, a learned broad leafed Chinars, tall, slender Persian scholar in the court of Jumma poplars, calm lakes and majestic Khan, was the Afghan Governor of mountains at her father's place. Kashmir from 1788 to 1792 AD. Daughter of a respectable family and Arnimal was a talented, sensitive and sophisticated girl, deeply devoted to her husband. Apparently, she was quite happy in the new surroundings and had a carefree time throughout her childhood days before attaining adolescence. But just before flowering into full womanhood, she got a feeling that her husband was too preoccupied with his literary and other Image : Ghazal Qadri - 2019 Calendar pursuits to pay proper attention to her. She tried hard to draw him towards wedded to a person of a great family, her, but fate had planned it otherwise. Arnimal was pretty, imaginative and Munshi Bhawani Das, for some accomplished, but all through her life unknown reasons ignored her, she suffered pangs and torments of tortured her and tormented her. His separation. As a common practice in husband who was an important those days, Arnimal was married in person in the Darbar fell into bad her childhood to Munshi Bhawani company and deserted her. Due to Das kachroo, but before attaining the this, Arinimaal's heart broke and she bloom of her youth, she was deserted became dejected and forlorn. Luminaries of the Kashmiri Language by her poet husband for some Possibly due to this painful unknown reasons. The separation separation, she must have taken to from her husband proved painful and poetry. Arinimal sang of love, beauty ÒççiççMç February 2020 ~ HçÀjJçjçÇ 2020 03 04 Praagaash ÒççiççMç `Òççípçíkçwì ]pççvç' kçÀçÇ vçíì-HççÆ$çkçÀç Jç<ç& 5 : DçbkçÀ 2 ~ HçÀjJçjçÇ 2020 and sorrow. Her poetry speaks of lyrics written byArnimal lies in this, that Episode agony, dejection, pathos and they reflect the sorrow, sufferings, disappointments. Her poetry melts passions and longings of common the people's hearts. Through her Pandit women of the valley of Kashmir. 4 poetry, one comes across how she Lamenting the absence of her beloved loved her husband. After the husband, Shri Bhawani Das, Arnimal separation, she returned to her said : parents' house who were kind and (Owing to the pangs of separation) sympathetic towards her. After some my complexion "Which was like July time, Bhawani Dass realized that he jasmine had been unkind to his wife. He Has assumed the pallor of the yellow decided to be with her again. He rose proceeded towards her village, and O, when will he come to let me have when he reached Palhalan, he saw Alook at his beloved face!" that she was being carried for The animal thinks that people, cremation.And it was too late. devoid of fine feelings and sensibilities, cracked jokes at her Arnimal as a Lyrical Poetess: expense. She has become the object Arnimal's lyrics are masterpieces of of taunts. But all this does not change Kashmiri language. The word her mind. The intensity of feelings pictures of delicate sentiments drawn made her complaints deeply touching. by her are so vivid, real and charming She continues to long for her beloved that very few Kashmiri poets have husband with great devotion and love. reached the standard set by her. Most She says: of these lyrics have been set to music I have filled cups on cups for love and are sung even now by Kashmiris. Go and cry out to him Arnimal lived during the tyrannical Across hillsides and meadows green and barbaric rule of Afghans when I send him tender thoughts girls for fear of being lifted away were Like deer he roams the woods afar married off before the onset of And leaves me here to grieve puberty. The social structures of that Go and cry out to him period were very iniquitous and Arnimal's lyrics are musical; it discriminatory. The status of women has melodious music with its musical was worse than what it was in the rhymes and ever-recurring refrains, its Mughal rule. Their life and living with alliterations and its assonances that in-laws was a woeful and ignominious come most spontaneously from the saga.