century masterpiece of literature |
Khalil Mirjanpuri. |
ever erected monuments in remem- |
Katha Sarita Sagara( Ocean of Sto- |
It is ironic that after the end of |
brance of 1865 struggle of shawl |
ries)- work of hundred grand stories |
the feudal rule no serious effort was |
weavers, 1924, revolt of Silk Fac- |
by Soma Deva comparable to Ara- |
made to transfer the classical literabian |
tory Workers and 1931 Martyrs. It |
Nights. So holds true about |
ture to the new generation. Even |
never ever thought of protecting and |
great Persian literature produced in |
some important institutions set up |
preserving the monuments that |
Kashmir for six centuries. The youn- |
for preserving heritage, culture of |
would enable younger generation to |
ger generation is not acquainted with |
the state during the autocracy, were |
go on an odyssey into the past. |
the titans of Kashmir, recognized as |
virtually closed after our tryst with |
There is need to understand that |
symbols of dignity and courage of |
“ democracy”. Towards the end of |
younger generation is not out of |
conviction. No one tells them about |
the nineteenth century, a research |
choice ignorant about its culture, |
Ghani Kashmiri, whose ' concept of |
department was set up for retrieving |
heritage, traditions and history. Unthe |
value of personal integrity and |
and translating Sanskrit, Persian and |
der a well thought out design they |
high character was anticipated by in |
Arabic literary heritage in modern |
have been delinked from their past. |
the poetry of Urfi in India, and de- |
language. Instead of translating clas- |
In late fifties teaching of Kashmiri |
veloped in Ghalib and Iqbal, who |
sical literature into English language |
language and literature in schools |
main theme was the principle of |
and introducing it into curricula at |
was stopped. In seventies, out of |
Khudi '. They know nothing about |
various levels for enabling, the youn- |
some bias Kashmir history was rescholarly |
works of Sheikh Yaqoob |
ger generation to grow intellectually |
moved from school syllabi at all lev- |
Sarafi and Baba Daud Khaki and |
in 1975 the department was closed. |
els … |
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scores of others who have immensely contributed to mystic and literary landscape of the land.
Hardly any of youth might have
heard about Bebujnama of
Hamdullah giving an eyewitness account of sufferings of people from
1819-1946, or his contemporary
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The governments that claimed to be the heirs of a heroic struggle against brutal and discriminatory tax system intriguingly never made a conscious effort at any level to familiarize the younger generations with the peoples struggle. It never |
To acquaint our younger gener- ation with rich traditions and culture of land, the first step could be reintroducing Kashmir history in curric- ulum from class one. |