The valley’s defining 40-day winter is becoming warmer and unpredictable, threatening water, crops, and a way of life woven ...

Chillai Kalan: Higher reaches of Kashmir received moderate snowfall, while rains lashed the plains as 'Chillai-Kalan'-- the 40-day period of harshest winter-- commenced in the Valley on Sunday. Snow ...

The minimum temperature showed improvement across Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, attributed to a night of continuous cloud ...

NEW DELHI: The higher reaches of Kashmir witnessed fresh snowfall while the plains received rain on Sunday, bringing relief to residents as Chillai-Kalan, the Valley’s harshest 40-day winter period, ...

"Gar firdaus bar-rue zamin ast, hami asto, hamin asto, hamin ast"-- the timeless line, attributed by many to Amir Khusrau and famously used by Mughal Emperor Jahangir, resurfaces each winter as ...

Every year, Kashmir readies itself for a season that tests its people and shapes daily life. This is Chillai Kalan, forty days of deep winter, when icy winds sweep through the mountains. For centuries ...

I loved winter, loved those days tucked against his chest, but I did not yet understand what he was teaching me: that we must not despair when conditions turn harsh, because difficulty creates what we ...

Srinagar: The higher reaches of Kashmir witnessed snowfall and the plains rain on Sunday as 'Chillai-Kalan', the 40-day harshest winter period, brought much-needed respite for the people of the Valley ...

In Kashmir, December 21 is said to mark the start of the 40 harshest days of winter. A woolen robe called a pheran is key to keeping warm — and... When I was growing up in Kashmir, my grandfather ...