Must See Places in Kashmir Part 3 Ladakh April 04, 2019Kashmir Box Continuing on our journey of Kashmir, we are in the third part of our Must See Places in Kashmir series. Today we will be exploring the beautiful and most amazing...
Must See Places in Kashmir Part 4 Jammu April 04, 2019Kashmir Box In the seventeenth century the Mughal Emperor Jahangir set his eyes on the valley of Kashmir. While living in a houseboat on Dal Lake he said “Gar firdaus, ruhe zamin...
Rifat Jan - Manufacturing Willow Bats April 04, 2019Kashmir Box Meet Rifat Jan, a strong woman who has broken all stereotypes in the valley and proudly heads a bat manufacturing unit in Kashmir. A modern woman who has been balancing...
Kashmiri Tapestry: How Maqbool Revives The Dead Craft April 03, 2019Kashmir Box Today, over 100 tapestry artisans have switched to other occupations for basic sustenance. If not revived today, the know-how of this craft will never reach the next generation and we...
Manzoor Ahmed - The Kashmiri Stone Artist On The Brink of Quitting His Craft April 03, 2019Kashmir Box “I put my heart and soul into the making of these paintings. Right from the scratch, they are purely handmade – no artificial colors, no use of machinery, no external...
The Golden Hands of Paper Mache - Ghulam Rasool Jan April 03, 2019Kashmir Box Ghulam Rasool Jan is an award winning Paper Mache Artisan who has been in this creative art of Kashmir since generations. They have been working on this art relentlessly all...
Meet Sarib Qazi - the Shining Rugby Star of Kashmir April 02, 2019Kashmir Box Meet Sarib Qazi, our young Rugby Star. From Kashmir to UK, to Japan and UAE, he has an in spiring tale for you all. "Rugby has taught me to be...
Picture Blog: A virtual tour of the Tulip Garden April 02, 2019Kashmir Box Formerly known as Siraj Bagh, located in the foothills of Zabarwan with an overview of the beautiful Dal Lake spread across an area of over 20 hectares is Asia’s largest...
Manzoor - A Stroke of Hand in a World of Machines March 29, 2019Kashmir Box It is the lanes of Noorbagh that a group of Aari artisans lives, works and crafts skilled pieces of brilliance. The group is headed by Manzoor Sahib, a 62 year...
Saklain Kawos - The Man behind Intriguing Beauty Secrets March 29, 2019Kashmir Box While I was doing a corporate job in Gurgaon, my father, after retiring from Police Services, started growing lavender as a hobby. I moved back to Kashmir and looked for...
Nisar Ahmed - Reviving the Craft of Kashmiri Turquoise March 29, 2019Kashmir Box “The craft of Turquoise or Ferozi originated in Iran and was to Kashmir somewhere in the 19th century. This craft has been deeply entrenched into my family for generations altogether....
Ghulam Ahmad Najar - Breathing Life into Planks of Walnut Wood March 29, 2019Kashmir Box Ghulam Ahmad Najar have been in walnut wood craftsmanship since their childhood, taking after their father, an ancestral art passed down from father to son down the generations. Working in...
