With bunkers gone, Ramzan revives nightlife in Srinagar

A little before sunset when the devout break their day long fast, a little lane comes to life with the most aromatic smells, stalls lit with delicious fast foods, plates of fruit and coloured sherbets. This is Bohri Mohalla, a Muslim quarter of the ...

A guided evening walk through Bhendi Bazaar (nowknown as Bohri Mohalla) before the juggernaut of redevelopment transforms it

, the top of the Bohri Masjid looms over the landscape on one's left, its covered aspect putting one in mind of a Sassanian helmet used during the wars with the crusaders. But it is only when you look down into the courtyard of the structure that ...

Bohri Food Fest at K3 restaurant, JW Marriott Five years ago, I visited a friend in Mumbai, and chanced upon a Bohri wedding that was taking place in her neighbourhood. Invited for the celebrations, I found myself tasting Bohri food for the first time.The ...

Members of the Bohri community break their fast at Badri Mahal mosque in South Mumbai Undeterred by the rising prices, Muslims observing Ramzan are leaving no stone unturned in observing and commemorating the traditions by throwing, if not lavish, but ...

STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: A delegation of residents of Patta Chowk, Bohri, led by General Secretary Rashtrawadi Shiv Sena, Vikas  Dewan met the Executive Engineer PDD Div. III, Bavinder Kundal and apprised him about the problems being faced by them. The ...

KARACHI - Port city has been caught by the Eid shopping fever as the biggest religious festival of Muslim draws nearer. Shopping malls and traditional markets are bustling with shoppers from all walks of life. Families are spending their time ...

Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, July 20: Bibek Jee Roy, Life worker Swami Vivekananda Kendra Nagdandi Achabal Anantnag Kashmir attained his Nirvana at Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu on Saturday after a prolonged illness. His last rites were also performed ...

A 12-year-old Mohammad Ismail would rise before the break of dawn to park himself in a corner of the kitchen and watch his father mechanically stir the ladle in a dozen different pots, each containing a different cut of meat. He would then seal the ...