VITASTA ANNUAL NUMBER

Volume XXXIII (1999-2000)

"Cultural Heritage of India - Kashmiri Pandit Contribution"

KASHMIR BHAWAN, CALCUTTA

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Kashyap Bandhu Centenary Number - 

"Kashmiri Pandit Reformation and Global Diaspora".

Editor-in-Chief: Dr. B. K. Moza
Editor : (English Section) : Shri Rajiv Sapru
Editor : (Hindi/Kashmiri Section) : Smt. Niva Kaul

Table of Contents

Preface - Dr. B. K. Moza  Editorial - Rajiv Sapru From The President - Udainath Kaul  Section I : LIFE AND THOUGHTS OF KASHYAP BANDHU Bandhu Ji : We Owe Him An Apology - K. N. Pandita Pandit Kashyap Bandhu: The Karam Yogi Par Excellence - Dr. Rajiv Kumar Emergence From Darkness - Prem Nath Bazaz Kashyap Bandhu - A Man Who Awoke a Somnolent Society  - Dwarkanath Munshi Kashyap Bandhu : The Great Social Reformer of Kashmiri Pandits - Somnath Dhar Kashyap Bandhu - As I Knew Him - D. N. Parimoo Kashyap Bandhu - R. K. Bharati Kashyap Bandhu - An Assessment - D. N. Kaul Kashmir-Kashmiriat-Kashyap Bandhu - Dr. Rajiv Kumar Memorial Presented by the Sanatan Dharam Youngmen's Association on behalf of Kashmiri Pandits to his Highness the Maharaja Bahadur of Jammu and Kashmir on 24th October, 1931 - Kashyap Bandhu Section II : WRITINGS OF KASHYAP BANDHU Memorable Letter to Kashmir Sabha, Calcutta from Late Respected Kashyap Bandhu Ji Whilst on Deathbed - Kashyap Bandhu Why I Left National Conference - Kashyap Bandhu Memorial Presented to the Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir - Kashyap Bandhu A Kashmiri Editor - Kashyap Bandhu A Kashmiri Pandit - Kashyap Bandhu A Kashmiri Clerk - Kashyap Bandhu A Kashmiri Ruler - Kashyap Bandhu A Kashmiri Leader - Kashyap Bandhu Yim Batta - Dr. Rajiv Kumar Kashyap Bandhu's Last Letter - Dr. Rajiv Kumar Section III : TRIBUTES TO KASHYAP BANDHU Noted Historian's Views on "Martand" - P. N. K. Bamzai Mahatma Kashyap Bandhu - Jia Lal Geeru Kashyap Bandhu -"Martand's" First Editor - Prof. T. N. Moza Social Awakening during the 30s and the advent of the "Martand" - Janakinath Kaul "Kamal" My Reminiscences of the Martand - A. N. Fotedar Pandit Kashyap Bandhu - A Tribute - Prof. S. L. Pandit Kashyap Bandhu - Through My Eyes - Arjan Dev Majboor Kashyap Bandhu - My Childhood Recollections - M. K. Ogra Kashyap Bandhu in the Light of Aatish-E-Chinar - Prithvi Nath Bhatt Gairoo Ka Akeyla Shiv - Dr. Rajiv Kumar Pandit Kashyap Bandhu - Social Reformer - Bhavanesh Kaul Pandit Kashyap Bandhu - Some Reminiscences - R. K. Kak Kashyap Bandhu - Justice J. N. Bhatt A Colossus among Kashmiri Reformers - O. N. Razdan Section IV : KASHMIRI PANDIT MOVEMENTS On the Importance of Social Reform - Prof. Surendra Munshi Where did Pandits Fail - Dr. Ajay Chrungoo Towards a Global Reform Movement among Kashmiri Pandits - Prof. S. Bhatt AIKS : A Potential Movement of Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora - Dr. B. K. Moza Presidential Address - Mr. Justice P. N. Bakshi India-Pakistan or Independent Kashmir; why not Panun Kashmir - K. L. Moza Lalleshwari and the Rishi Movement - Pt. Motilal Pushkar On Some Behind the Scene Parleys - Udai Kaul Chirantan Kashmir : The Parmeshwari Movement - Pt. Motilal Pushkar Section V : KASHMIRI PANDIT DIASPORA IN INDIA Those Golden Bonds Jawaharlal and Kashmir - D. K. Kachru Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora and Social Reforms  - Dr. B. N. Sharga From Kunjargaon to Agra: The Great Kunzru Family of Agra - G. K. Gurtu Zutshis of Bazaar Sitaram Delhi - Dr. B. N. Sharga & Smt. Rajni Sharga Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's Advice to Kashmiri Pandits The Making of an Indian - Late P. N. Haksar Allahabad - The Kashmir Connection - Prabha Tankha Kashmiri Pandits Originators of Pahari-Kangra School of Art - P. N. Kachru Some Well Known Kashmiri Pandits of Lahore - Dr. Brij Prenu Kashmir Sabha, Calcutta - In Retrospect & Prospect - Ashok Dhar Contribution of Kashmiri Pandits to the Birth and Growth of Benaras Hindu University - Major S. L. Dar The Snow is Calling - Ramesh Manvati Adoration of the Divine Mother - Kiran Dhar Section VI : KASHMIRI PANDIT OVERSEAS DIASPORA Kashmiri Pandit Reformation and The Global Diaspora - Dr. Girdhari Lal Bhan Kashmiri Pandits in Cyber Space - Get Connected - Lalit Wanchoo, Sunil Fotedar & Subodh Atal Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora & the KOA - Brij Krishen Saraf Civil Disobedience in Thoreau and Gandhi - Ashu Daftari My Kashmir - Kanchan Autar Mattoo Mother - Kanchan Autar tattoo An Unexpected End - Sameer Munshi An Overlooked Act - Sameer Munshi The Colour of Skin - Sameer Munshi Life is too Short for War - Sameer Munshi Kashmir : The Roots of Our Culture - Dr. K. N. Pandita ILLUSTRATIONS Pandit Kashyap Bhandhu (24th March 1899 - 18th December 1985) Taming the Wular, Sonawari 1966 Bhandhuji with Pandit Nehru The Visionary: As Chief Project Officer, Sonawari, Model Dev. Project, 1964-67 Karamyogi Bhandhuji at his residence at Gairoo A young Pandit couple with their child. All their clothes except the man's cap (bought in Srinagar) are of the old style. Pandit women wear golden rings and ear pendents as signs of wifehood. Courtesy: Family & Kinship - A Study of Pandits of Rural Kashmir by Prof. T. N. Madan Kashmiri Pandit Woman in Pheran with Taranga. Courtesy: Family & Kinship - A Study of Pandits of Rural Kashmir by Prof. T. N. Madan A young Pandit mother and her son. She is wearing a sari. Courtesy: Family & Kinship - A Study of Pandits of Rural Kashmir by Prof. T. N. Madan "Unto Thee" Dec. the 19th 1985 Razbal Gairoo The Last Journey Dec. the 19th 1985 Gairoo The historic haveli of Kaul Shargas the traditional wasiqedars of Oudh, in Kashmiri Mohalla. It was built in 1883 A.D. The main Kashmiri Mohalla Street on which during the Nawabi Period the rulers used to pass in a royal procession once in a year to pay their obeisance in Dargah Hazrat Abbas a most sacred shrine of Shia Muslims. KOA-Annual Hawan at Connecticut, USA, July, 1999 Dr. B.K. Moza addressing KOA General Meeting at Connecticut, USA on 7th July, 1999; introducing VITASTA, Annual 1998-1999. KOA Camp at Connecticut, July, 1999. Exhibition of Publications on and Antiques of Kashmir.

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