Praagaash January 2021
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For Private Circulation Only Net-journal of 'Project Zaan’ ÒççiççMç p\agPraagaash aS Dedicated to Our Heritage, Our Language and Our Culture Wishing all our readers A Very Happy New Year 2021 xxxxxxxx MountPainting Fuji, Japan by S.K.Nagri Painting by Shiban K Nagri ß vçcçççÆcç lJççb Mççjoç oíJççR, cçnçYççiççR YçiçJçlççR kçÀçMcççÇj hçájJçççÆmçvççR çÆJçÐçç oççƳçvççR j#ç cççcçd j#ç cççcçd~ vçcçççÆcç lJççcçd~ Jç<ç& 6 : DçbkçÀ 1~ pçvçJçjçÇ 2021 Vol 6 : No. 1~ January 2021 02 Praagaash ÒççiççMç Òççípçíkçwì ]pççvç' kçÀçÇ vçíì-HççÆ$çkçÀç Jç<ç& 6 : DçbkçÀ 1 ~ pçvçJçjçÇ 2021 In this issue Editorial - M.K.Raina l Cover - Mount Fuji, Japan - Painting by Shiban K. Nagri 01 At the outset, let me wish you l Editorial - M.K.Raina 02 l JççKç lçe ÞçáKç 03 all a Very Happy New Year 2021. l Cartoon - Sad but True : Sujood Sailani 04 I hope the new year brings us l Poets & Poetesses : Dr. Arif Maghribi peace and prosperity and gives - Khazir Maghribi : My Father As I Know Him 05 l kçÀçJ³ç : çÆKç]pçej cç]iççÆjyççÇ (Nastaliq & Devanagari) 08 us relief from the dreaded l Classics : Ashok Razdan : Lala Vakh & Bhagvat Gita 10 COVID-19. Let us all pray for it. l kçÀçJ³ç : mçávççÇlçç jÌvçç hçBçÆ[lç : iç]pçuç 15 Koshur Saman-bal, a l Short Story : Shafi Ahmad : Naga Bal 16 l ©yççF& : cççÇj içáuççcç jmçÓuç vçç]pçkçÀçÇ 19 literary platform and a joint l Media : Sunil Fotedar : Social Media ..... 20 venture of Project Zaan l kçÀçJ³ç : Dç³çÓyç mçç@çÆyçj : cçô kçw³çç Dççíj mçvçávç sácç 25 (Mumbai) and KashmirAsItIs (Singapore) is l Short Story : Mushtaque B Barq : The Burden 27 l vç]pçcç : cçánccço MçHçÀçÇ Dç̳³çç]pç 30 doing good work by promoting and popularising l kçÀçJ³ç : hççÇ.Svç.Mçço : hçlççn 31 Kashmiri language, our mother-tongue by l Koshur in Me : Kamal Hak : Satydeev Pooja 32 organising various contests for our children. l kçÀçJ³ç : çÆ$çuççíkçÀçÇ vççLç Oçj `kçáÀvovç' : ÐçálçáLçcç çÆouççmçç 33 Recent contest to sing a Kashmiri-Vowels l Community Affairs : Jyotsna Fotedar & Ash Raina - Global Kashmiri Pandit Business Foundation 34 specific Rhyme ‘Råni Gåyí Màlyún’ has been a l kçÀçJ³ç : jlçvç uççuç pççÌnj : ]kçÀjvçe Hçw³çáj 37 great success. While Shivani Dhar of KAII is l Dr. Surinder Tikoo honoured 38 doing a fantastic job and deserves all kudos for l ‘Heroes of Chemistry Award’ for Dr. Anil Koul 39 l kçÀçJ³ç : DçuççÇ MçÌoç : iç]pçuç 40 spending her time and energy on bringing our l World Affairs : Er. M.K.Dhar :çÆJçéç çEnoçÇ çÆoJçmç 41 children closer to our language, let us also thank l Poem : Anjaneya Koul : Girl Child 44 Kashmir Harvard, Srinagar, an educational l From the Pages of Ancient History : M.K.Parimoo - Kapteshwar 45 institution of repute for collaborating with Koshur l nç@çÆjmççLç : oçÇvçç vççLç vçççÆocç 47 Saman-bal by roping in its students and their l kçÀnçvççÇ : hçJçvç pçuççuççÇ : ojyççj cçÓJç 48 parents to sing the rhyme for promotion of the l From Here & There : Robin Chowdhury : - Memory of a Meeting .... 50 Kashmiri language. Mr. Tariq Ahmad Baktoo, l My Medical Journey : Dr. K.L.Chowdhury Chairman, Kashmir Harvard and Mr. Mushtaque - Medical Sleauthing 51 A Barq, English author and Columnist who is l SkçÀ hçãMvç : çÆkçÀMçvççÇ hçBçÆ[lçç 56 l Poetry : Ali Shaida : Ghazal 57 alsoass ociated with the Kashmir Harvard l Envirnment & Life : Prof. B.L.Kaul : Ecologist’s ..... 58 deserve a special mention. They have been l Flavour of Spice : Marryam H Reshii instrumental in bringing Koshur Saman-bal to - The Clash of Kashmiri Ladies 61 l Kashmir Report : Kaleem Bashir 64 the Valley. l kçÀçJ³ç : cç.kçÀ.jÌvçç : hçvçávç hççvç mJçjvç sámç (Nastaliq) 72 Let us hope Kashmiri language is revived l Koshur Saman-bal 73 l Your Own Page - Omkar Safaya & Pushpa Koshal 76 through our common efforts and every Kashmiri l Letters to the Editor 78 works for it. [[ Inspiration : Late Shri J.N.Kachroo ~ Guide & Consulting Editor : Shri T.N.Dhar ‘Kundan’ ~ Editor : M.K.Raina Coordinating Associates ~ Kashmir Valley : Kaleem Bashir ~ Jammu : Er. M.K.Dhar ~ New Delhi : Rajinder Premi ~ Overseas : Dr. Zarka Batul Editorial Office : 104-B, Galaxy, Agarwal Township, Kaul’s Heritage City, Babhola, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Palghar 401 202, Maharashtra, India. E-Mail : [email protected] ~ Cell : +91-9422473459 ~ Website : kpamumbai.org/praagaash/ ~ mkraina.com/category/praagaash/ Layout & DTP : Ashwin Raina ProjectProject Zaan is Zaan the Literaryis supported Initiative by Kashmiri of Kashmiri Pandits’ Pandits’ Association, Association, Mumbai. Mumbai. ÒççiççMç January 2021 ~ pçvçJçjçÇ 2021 p\ag aS 02 03 Praagaash ÒççiççMç Òççípçíkçwì ]pççvç' kçÀçÇ vçíì-HççÆ$çkçÀç Jç<ç& 6 : DçbkçÀ 1 ~ pçvçJçjçÇ 2021 JççKç - uçuç Ðço ÞçáKç - MçíKç vçÓj-Go-oçÇvç JçuççÇ Hçjçvç Hçjçvç ]p³çJç lççuç Hç@ÀçÆpçcç kçw³çç kç@À³ç&çÆ]pç cçjvçmç cç@³ç&vçev³çvç JçkçÀçvçvç ]®çô ³çái³çd ¬çÀ³ç lç@çÆpçcç vçe ]pççbn~ iççÌJç kçÀcçvç pççvçvç sçbiçej kç@ÀçÆjLç~ mçácçjvç çÆHçÀjçvç v³ççôþ lçe Dççôbiçepç iç@çÆpçcç Hççív³çd ]pçvç ]®ç@çÆcçLç içJç vçJ³çvç yççvçvç cçvçe®ç oe³ç cçççÆuç ]®ç@çÆpçcç vçe ]pççbn~~ iç@³ç Jçç@v³çd ]pçvç Jççvçvç HçÀçuçJç çÆoLç~~ ÒççiççMç January 2021 ~ pçvçJçjçÇ 2021 p\ag aS 03 04 Praagaash ÒççiççMç Òççípçíkçwì ]pççvç' kçÀçÇ vçíì-HççÆ$çkçÀç Jç<ç& 6 : DçbkçÀ 1 ~ pçvçJçjçÇ 2021 Cartoon by Sujood Sailani Sad but true Reproduced from the Käshír Asan Trày - Ed.1995, Published by J&K Academy of Art, Culture & Languages ÒççiççMç January 2021 ~ pçvçJçjçÇ 2021 p\ag aS 04 05 Praagaash ÒççiççMç Òççípçíkçwì ]pççvç' kçÀçÇ vçíì-HççÆ$çkçÀç Jç<ç& 6 : DçbkçÀ 1 ~ pçvçJçjçÇ 2021 Poets & Poetesses - Dr A rif Maghribi Khazir Maghribi - My Father As I Know Him My father is well known for his officer. My father was pioneering work in poetry, literature, not initially sent to education and fight against social evils school but to a tailor's and nepotism. November 30, 1999, was shop. One day he the day when he left this world after a brief was seen in this shop illness at home. Up to his death he was as by authorities who agile as ever and making people smile. wanted to promote Many people do not know that my education and my father’s real name was Ghulam Mohi-Ud- grandfather was Din Khan. As a young child he visited a asked to send him to hakeem sahib for severe school, to which he reluctantly respiratory infection. Along obliged. This shows how with other advices, he was sincere were the authorities in given the ill advice of using a promoting education. hookah to get the sputum out. My father learned After years of use, he gave it some skills at the tailor's shop up in his late fifties with his and would sometimes sew his sheer will power. Anyway, the own clothes, to our hakeem sahib misheard his astonishment, at home. name and wrote Khizer When we asked him why he Muhammed. When decades did so, he would talk about the later he began writing dignity of labor. humorous poetry in Kashmiri After receiving a scholarship language, other poets gave for his school education, he him his pen name, Khazir passed Class 10 Maghribi. examinations with merit from Lahore There were many dimensions to University. He would say that among my father. I hope I will be able to cover all. Muslims he secured the second-highest Born in a humble family at Chotta Bazar, marks, and that only a girl secured more Srinagar in late thirties, his siblings rose to marks than him. But he would always say high positions, like his elder brother that passing examinations was not Shehzore Kashmiri or Muhammed Shafi important; hard work and a relaxed mind Khan, known as a great administrative would always get better results in life. ÒççiççMç January 2021 ~ pçvçJçjçÇ 2021 p\ag aS 05 06 Praagaash ÒççiççMç Òççípçíkçwì ]pççvç' kçÀçÇ vçíì-HççÆ$çkçÀç Jç<ç& 6 : DçbkçÀ 1 ~ pçvçJçjçÇ 2021 After his schooling and graduation held in a simple way. Actually, my father in Geography, Persian and Urdu, my had rented a car with a loyal Sikh driver father was struggling to get a job. He who was told to be ready to go back if there would always make us burst with laughter were any signs of rituals or feast-like when we asked about his job search. He arrangements. Thankfully, all was done would say that he ran so many kilometers simply and as per the real traditions of and climbed so many mountains to get a Islam. But I do remember my relatives job as a forester or as a policeman, but showing displeasure even after decades each time he was denied the job because of the marriage. he did not pay 5 rupees as bribe. Yes, 5 We lived in Balgarden/Nursingharh rupees. Finally after much struggle he got since my birth. This locality consisted of the job of a teacher, where he made his people of all faiths and religions, Kashmiri mark with his unique style of teaching. Pundits, Muslims, Sikhs and many from My father wrote many books on outside state. We used to visit each other Geography, History, Maths and English. on Eid, Herath, Diwali, all our joys and He also opened a publishing house by the sorrows were together. In our colony it was name of Ali Mohammed and Sons. His unconditional love for each other. books sold like hot cakes, and till 1990 There were reforms in education which remained a big source for all students, started from 2010 nationwide, one of especially those facing Class 10 exams in which was that no student will be declared J&K.