I do not remember when I first heard about Kailash Mehra the singer the first time, but I remember thinking about her seriously in 1990’s when her musical…
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Raj Begum in 2011 (at 84) Raj Begum continues to have a special aura among the singers of Kashmir. It is because she had a high-pitch, deep-drilling,…
Introduction Neerja Pandit has been an established professional singer for more than thirty years. Originally a Kashmiri music singer, she grew out of that boundary some twenty-five years…
On 16th of October, 2012, I landed at Jammu, coming from Srinagar. I wanted to meet Renu Malla, wife of the recently deceased renowned singer Vijay Malla. I was escorted…
There have been many excellent Kashmiri singers before Raj Begum and there will come many excellent singers after her, but her unique singing style will remain legendary and continue to…
I took these photos of Raj Begum and others on Aug. 13, 2011, at a restaurant at Dal Gate, Srinagar, Kashmir. Following are the descriptions, from the top:…
When it was all over after four hours of singing, Kailash Mehra’s concert was giddying, dazzling, and enchanting – transporting us to old Kashmir of our forefathers and our childhoods,…
Kashmir Overseas Association, U.S.A. presents the second volume of Poozai – Posh, a collection of Kashmiri Pandit religious songs, hymns, and devotional verses. Spiritualism is an attempt to free…
Kailash Mehra Sadhu’s 2009 Concert Tour Of America Maharaj Kaul The queen Of Kashmiri melodies came like a refluent breeze out of the blue and soothed out Kashmiri…