For centuries, the Kashmiri language has survived only through oral traditions; by 2013, those who could write the script fell to just 5%. This year, two technological giants, Microsoft and Google, ...

Miyane Wachik Kotar' was released at a literary event in Srinagar, celebrating regional literature and promoting Kashmiri language, culture, and creative expression.

When 22-year-old Touqeer Ashraf arrived in Srinagar for his education, he was struck by the way people spoke. “Not only young people, I saw even the elderly talking to the young in Urdu,” said Ashraf, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The writer, whose award-winning translation of Akhtar Mohiuddin’s Jahanmuk Panun Panun Naar (1975) will be published next ...

Professor Shafi Shauq, a 75-year-old poet, linguist and translator from Kashmir who was nominated for the Padma Shri Award, on Monday (January 26, 2026) said Kashmiri language is that of workers and ...

Kitaab Ghar (Home of Books) at the Lal Chowk Srinagar Kitaab Ghar (Home of Books) at the Lal Chowk Srinagar was once a popular hangout of Kashmiri language writers and litterateurs. With half shutter ...

Only 5 of 27 sanctioned higher secondary lecturer posts are filled, with several districts reporting no appointed teachers at all. Even with postgraduates and PhD holders in Kashmiri available, ...

Over 80% of the lecturer posts sanctioned for teaching Kashmiri language in the schools of the valley are lying vacant even years after the native language was introduced as a subject in the schools ...