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	Kashmiri language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Kashmiri is a Dardic language spoken primarily in Kashmir, an Asian region now split between India, Pakistan and China.
		The earliest literary composition in Kashmiri that has survived is the poetry of Lalleshvari, a 14th century mystic poet.
		Kashmiri writing is one of the dying arts due to various political reasons and lack of formal education in the Kashmiri language.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kashmiri (198 words)

	Kashmir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On 8 October 2005, Kashmir was struck by an earthquake with a magnitude between 7.6 and 7.8 on the Moment magnitude scale.
		Kashmiris are known to enjoy their music in its various local forms and the dresses of both sexes are quite colorful.
		Kashmiris are well adept at knitting and making shawls, silk carpets, rugs, kurtas and pottery.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kashmir (2000 words)

	Encyclopedia: Kashmiri language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Kashmiri Shaivaite manuscript (17th or 18th century) The Sharada script is an abugida writing system of the Brahmic family of scripts, developed from ca.
		Pure Kashmiri words are preserved in the Sanskrit Rajata~angitiI written by Kalhai:ia in the 12th century A. D., and, judging from these specimens, the language does not appear to have changed materially since his time.
		Kashmiri makes very free use of pronorninal suffixes, which are added to verbs to supply the place of personal terminations.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kashmiri-language (752 words)

	Koshur: An Introduction to Spoken Kashmiri (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		"Kashmiri", he concludes, "is a mixed language, having as its basis a language of the Dard group of the Pishacha family allied to Shina", explaining that by basis he means "its phonetic system, its accidence, its syntax, its prosody"9.
		The postpositions used are hund or sund with masculine singular and hinz or sinz with feminine singular nouns and pronouns in case of animate objects the plural forms being, hindy or sindy and hinzi or sinzi respectively Punjabi uses handa or hunda and sanda and Sindhi sanda.
		Being a record of the Kashmiri language as it was spoken in the 15th century, the last two works shed useful light on its medieval development and are greatly helpful in tracing earlier forms of a good number of Kashmiri words.
	www.koshur.org /Shashi.html (6831 words)

	OHCHR: Kashmiri () - Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Kashmiri is spoken by over 4 million people and is the principal language of the state of Kashmir, long disputed between India and Pakistan.
		Though generally considered to belong to the Indic group of Indo-European languages, Kashmiri's exact affiliation is still uncertain, and it is thought by some to constitute a separate subgroup.
		Kashmiri is written in both the Devanagari (Hindi) and the Arabic script, each with additional diacritical marks for special sounds in the language.
	www.unhchr.ch /udhr/lang/ksh.htm (144 words)

	Islamic Terrorism and Genocide of Kashmiri Pandits
		Ethnic cleansing of Kashmiri Pandits (Hindus) from Kashmir valley is the crucial failure of Indian state to uphold its commitments to people of India as enshrined in Indian constitution which provides right to live with dignity and honour to every citizen irrespective of caste, creed, religion or colour.
		Kashmiri Pandits are progenitors of Kashmir Shaivism the philosophy of oneness of mankind.
		Kashmiri Pandits have contributed immensely to the evolution of human thought by contributing to almost all fields of creative human endeavour like literature (mainly Sanskrit), language, science and philosophy from times immemorial.
	www.kashmiri-pandit.org /sundry/genocide.html (1152 words)

	Kashmiri Embroidery, Kashmiri Handicrafts, Carpet and Floorings, Silk Garments, Pashmina Shawls
		The Kashmiris are not only poets and philosophers but also artists and artisans producing exquisite carpets, embroidered shawls, silverware, gold ornaments, finely chiselled woodwork of walnut and oak, brilliantly coloured and painted papier-mâché and leather and fur garments.
		Kashmiri carpets are not inexpensive - expect to pay high for a good quality four by six carpet and don't be surprised if the price is more than twice that level.
		Kashmiri silk may be thin, but it is strong nevertheless, as is chiffon.
	www.indiantravelportal.com /jammu-kashmir/arts-crafts/kashmiri-embroidery.html (1611 words)

	History of Kashmir: Past & Present (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A canard is now being spread past few years by the secessionist-terrorists and their sympathizers that in 1990 Kashmiri Pandits left Kashmir willingly, having been "tricked" by then Jammu and Kashmir Governor Jagmohan.
		The fact is that Kashmiri Pandits were driven from their homeland after a campaign of intimidation and harassment was launched against them by the military-wing of the secessionists.
		Kashmiri Pandits were forced from their hearths and homes at the point of gun.
	ikashmir.org /history.html (254 words)

	The Poplar and the Chinar
		This has stoked the fires within Kashmiri Islam of the long-standing struggle between the champions of the orthodox variety of doctrinaire Islam and the vast majority of adherents who subscribe to a popular religion that is heavily based on the native pre-Islamic traditions.
		Muslim League represented the aspirations of the orthodox Islamic minority of the mullahs, the Islamic intellectuals, and the descendents of the immigrants from Central Asia and Iran.
		Furthermore, the constituencies were so delimited that the Kashmiri Hindus, in spite of their population of about 7% in the Vale, could not get a single member elected on their own.
	www.kashmir-information.com /Poplar.html (8362 words)

	Kashmiri Hindus and Imams
		It is one of the greatest tragedies in free democratic India when it is projected that Kashmiri Hindu’s return to their own homes and hearths is dependent upon an Imam in a Kashmir village.
		Let us remind him that Kashmiri Hindus are the only original inhabitants of Kashmir valley and nobody on the face of this earth can deny them the right to their homeland.
		Let it be known to one and all that Kashmiri Hindus will surely return to their sacred homeland and will return on their own terms.
	www.kashmirherald.com /featuredarticle/kashmirihindusandimams-prn.html (1281 words)

	Indian Army in Kashmir - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		While on one side, such measures were being adopted to enforce Islamic tenets in Kashmir by the religious bigots, on the other side Kashmiri Hindus were forced to leave their ancestral homes, largely in Kashmir valley and from its bordering regions (including the Districts of Doda, Rajauri, Poonch and Udhampur) under threat and coercion.
		Kashmiri pundits (KPs), gradually started moving out of the valley and its bordering regions from 1986 onwards because of this ethnic discrimination and terror created by the pro Pakistan mercenaries.
		Kashmiri Pundits and their sympathizers bore the brunt of this anathema.
	www.armyinkashmir.org /v2/articles/art_pandit.shtml (794 words)

	Bawarchi: Saroj's Cookbook: Kashmiri Dishes
		Life of Kashmiris is paradoxical in that the simplicity of their living and clothing is sharply contrasted with the richness of their crafts.
		Coming to Kashmiri food, though climatically dominated, the people are non vegetarians, the dividing line between the hindu and muslim cuisine here is, interestingly, garlic.
		Kashmiri tea is brewed first thing in the morning in samovars, which are special kettles come carcoal holders to make boiling water for the tea.
	www.bawarchi.com /cookbook/kashmir.html (613 words)

	Kashmiri Tea (Green tea Chai)-- Ellen's Kitchen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Kashmiris make two or three types of tea in the samovar, and many say good kashmiri tea has to be made in a samovar.
		Kashmiri tea is best enjoyed in a Kashmiri kho:s (cup): it used to be served in bronze Cups by Pandits or handleless porcelain Bowls, (K -'Chin Pyala'.) by Muslims.
		One of the distinct features of Kashmiri cuisine is the generous use of yogurt/curds in the gravies, giving the dishes a creamy consistency.
	www.ellenskitchen.com /faqs/chaikash.html (1624 words)

	K P S Gill: The Kashmiri Pandits: An Ethnic Cleansing the World Forgot -- Islamist Extremism & Terrorism in South Asia
		Among the worst victims of this conflict are the Kashmiri Pandits, descendents of Hindu priests and among the original inhabitants of the Kashmir Valley, with a recorded history of over 5,000 years.
		Doctors treating various Kashmiri Pandit patients assert that they had aged physically and mentally by 10 to 15 years beyond their natural age, and that there was a risk that the Pandits could face extinction if current trends persist.
		On the conditions at the camps, one report stated that, at the Muthi camp on the outskirts of Jammu where a large number of the Pandits stayed after migration from the Valley, a single room was being shared by three generations.
	www.satp.org /satporgtp/kpsgill/2003/chapter9.htm (1524 words)

	Kashmiri Pandits Problems (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The current plight of the displaced Kashmiri Pandits can be traced back to the migration that started almost immediately after Independence as a result of the state government’s policies.
		In 1947, when the Kashmiri Pandits constituted 15% of the valley population, there were at least six constituencies — four in Srinagar and two in Anantnag, where the Pandits had 30 to 40 per cent votes.
		Thus there are today 350,000 Kashmiri Pandits living in abysmal conditions in refugee camps in Delhi and Jammu as a result of long-standing conflict in Kashmir.
	www.observerindia.com /events/kaspbgd.htm (1920 words)

	Kashmiri alphabet
		The Kashmiri alphabet was adopted from the Urdu version of the Arabic script.
		Kashmiri first appeared in writing during the 8th century AD in the Sharda alphabet.
		Arabic, Hausa, Kashmiri, Kazak, Kurdish, Kyrghyz, Malay, Morisco, Pashto, Persian/Farsi, Sindhi, Tatar, Turkish, Uyghur, Urdu
	www.omniglot.com /writing/kashmiri.htm (91 words)

	Kashmiri pandits (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Kashmiri Pandits are a peace-loving minority population that for decades played by the rules set by the Muslim majority of the state.
		The Kashmiri Sikhs and moderate Kashmiri Muslims have also fled the wrath of fundamentalism and terrorism.
		Kashmiri Hindus, or Kashmiri Pandits as they are generally known, have had the highest literacy rate among all groups in India.
	www.the-south-asian.com /Nov2001/Kashmiri_Pandits.htm (1118 words)

	Kashmir - The Dreamland
		Kashmiri Pandits, the original inhabitants of Kashmir, have a rich culture and peaceful traditions that they have managed to maintain over five thousand years of recorded history.
		During the Islamic period of rule, the Kashmiri Pandit population dwindled steadily and there were numerous times when the persecution was so severe that a large number of them had to flee to the hot plains of India.
		The Kashmiri Pandits have been driven from their homeland after a campaign of intimidation and harassment was launched against them by the military-wing of the Islamic secessionists.
	in.geocities.com /panun_kashmir/index.htm (397 words)

	Kashmir News Network: Kashmiri Music section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		With his demise the Kashmiri Pandit community has lost yet another warrior who was in the vanguard of the struggle to save and sustain its culture in exile.
		Born in 1936 at Bijbehara, Kashmir, Moti Lal Saqi enriched Kashmiri language and literature in several ways, and emerged as a major poet and critic in the language while still in his youth.
		His numerous articles on Kashmiri literature, art and culture were published in several prestigious magazines and journals of the country.
	www.radiokashmir.org /Playwrights/saqi.html (822 words)

	Project ZAAN: Basic Reader for Kashmiri Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Kashmiri was written in Sharada, one of the oldest scripts, which was developed around 10th century.
		It also enabled writers, some of whom were not previously interested in writing Kashmiri in Devanagari script due to its shortcomings, to make valuable contribution to the language.
		Since the greater portion of this Dictionary was compiled by reputed Kashmiri scholars like Pandit Ishvar Kaul, Pandit Govind Kaul and Pandit Mukund Ram Shastri, it is assumed that the two vowels have been very much in use in the Nagari-Kashmiri alphabet, hence have been included in the set of vowels in this book.
	www.koshur.org /Reader/intro.html (1242 words)

	Kashmiri on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		KASHMIRI [Kashmiri], language belonging to the Dardic group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages.
		Kashmiris use the traditional firepots (Kangari) to keep themselves warm during the severe winter months and they are widely used in the region.
		Kashmiri men walk on a snow laden road wearing the traditional Kashmiri dress (Pherann) in Srinagar, 02 January 2005.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/K/Kashmiri.asp (603 words)

	Kashmiri Language, History Of Kashmiri Language, Kashmiri Literature, Kashmiri Poetry Prose.
		And Kashmiri littérateurs like Mahmud Gani and Waliullah Motoo (both mid-19th century) took to translations from Persian and writing masnavis (couplets expressing one emotion) and ghazals (romantic poetry set to music) in a big way.
		The Kashmiris are a singing people; songs and ghazals have always been a part of their literary culture.
		Dramas are a recent entry in Kashmiri, with only a few noteworthy like Somnath Zutshi’s Mo’dur Mas and Viji Vaav, and some from the Machaama series of Pushkar Bhan.
	languages.iloveindia.com /kashmiri.html (542 words)

	Panun Kashmir: A Homeland for Kashmiri Pandits (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Hundreds of thousands of Kashmiri Pandits who were forced to leave their sacred land because of the war waged by Islamic terrorists must now live in despicable conditions in their own country and are on the verge of extinction as a race.
		Called "migrants" by the administration, the Kashmiri Pandits are in fact refugees in their own country due to total failure of the Indian State to provide security and safety to them when they were ruthlessly persecuted, threatened, tortured and murdered by the Islamic terrorists.
		Besides being a struggle for survival as a cultural entity and an ancient race, PANUN KASHMIR is a movement for the political survival of over 700,000 Kashmiri Pandits in their birthland.
	www.panunkashmir.org (241 words)

	US Congressman calls attention to massacre of Kashmiri Pundits
		Sadly, the efforts of the Kashmiri Pundits to live their lives peacefully and constructively has been disrupted by militants armed and trained by outside forces intent on changing Kashmir from a secular, multireligious land into a fundamentalist state.
		The effects of this proxy war, which the evidence strongly indicates is supported by Pakistan, have been the death of thousands of people, the devastation of the economy, and the creation of a huge refugee population.
		Virtually the entire population of 300,000 Kashmiri Pandits has been forced to leave their ancestral homes and property, living in refugee camps in various cities in India in subhuman conditions.
	www.jammu-kashmir.com /archives/archives1997/pallone.html (658 words)

	Kashmiri Handicrafts,manufacturer from kashmir,exporter of kashmiri handicrafts india Falcon Art Group
		Kashmiri handicrafts are known throughout the world for their artistic work and grandeur.
		Be it Kashmiri carpets, shawls, paper machie or any other craft, it is only the kashmiri artisan who can hands down show his mastery to crave out those master pieces of kashmiri art and craft.
		Kashmiri handicrafts have the tremendous potential in the national and international arena.
	www.falconartgroup.com (377 words)

	Asia Times: Hurriyat's 'people's election' more novel than practical
		NEW DELHI - A key group that represents a segment of Kashmiri opinion critical of the Indian state, the All-Party Hurriyat Conference, this week made the dramatic announcement that it will hold a "people's election" in both the Indian and Pakistani parts of Jammu and Kashmir.
		(Kashmiri Islam is highly syncretic, with strong Buddhist and Hindu influences.
		Similar views are also expressed by some Kashmiri politicians, such as People's League leaders, who reject the Hurriyat's commission.
	www.atimes.com /ind-pak/DB15Df04.html (1117 words)

	Basics
		This happened because some leaders in the Kashmiri Valley, who were unhappy about the fact that they could not rule, decided that they would force the Indian government to leave the Valley.
		There are other Kashmiri leaders, who wish to see the state return to normalcy and the people have a better life.
		When Kashmiris began to grow disillusioned with the fighting, the Pakistanis realised that an opportunity to grab the Kashmir Valley was slipping out of their hands.
	www.jammu-kashmir.com /basicfacts/basics.html (3208 words)

	Kashmir: A Paradise turned into Hell by Terrorism
		And now the rapture of birdsong and murmur of gentle streams of yesteryears is replaced by the misery of physical and psychic violence instigated by the terrorists.
		You will understand the goals of the bigoted religious terrorists in Kashmir whose vision of Azadi (independence) is to use religious dogma to exclude women, religious minorities, and secular-minded people from every kind of freedom in social and political life.
		After centuries of decimation of our population within Kashmir valley, the 1990 pogrom by Islamic terrorists and their supporters against us was the final act that expelled almost the entire remaining 400,000 strong population of Kashmiri Pandits - something that has unfortunately gone largely unreported in the Western press.
	www.kashmir-information.com (493 words)

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