Shahtoosh: The Wild Story of the World's Most Expensive and Illegal Fabric
A customs inspection at the Switzerland Italy Border, murders in the Tibetan highlands and a weaving workshop in Srinagar - Kashmir. What connects the...
Postcards From Nowhere
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Postcards from Nowhere is a travel podcast that takes you on journeys exploring culture, history, food and people in the form of stories. With over a decade of travel stories in his kitty, Utsav Mamoria narrates the stories of the strange, obscure and fascinating things about the world, often interspersed with practical tips and deep realizations, which would shape the way you travel. Tune in to the new episode every Thursday.
Zbayul: The Invisible Village of Ladakh
"In 1948, as India was fighting Pakistan in Kashmir, the Pakistani army reached this village but bypassed it completely. Simply because hidden behind ...
Sheshnag, Deadly Hikes and A Thousand Year Old Tradition
In the narrative of Kashmir, what often lies forgotten is the origin story. What could a Naga king who ruled thousands of years ago, have in common wi...
The Vanishing Art of Kashmiri Carpet Weaving
What started out 600 years ago in Persia (present day Iran) thrived to become the crown jewel of the Kashmiri arts. However, the art of Kashmiri carpe...
Kashmiris, Hangul and the Manual of Life
About 100,000 years ago, a mutation in a family of deers gave rise to 3 distinct sub-species which came to be known by the geographical regions they t...
Srinagar, Ancient Carvings and Supernovas
In 1960, the Indian Archeaologist T N Khazanchi, in a painstaking excavation spanning 11 years, discovered proof of 4 distinct human cultures beginnin...
Kargil, Hundarman and the Museum of Memories
In the Indo-Pak War of 1971, as the two countries fought bitterly, the fate of a few people change irrevocably - Overnight, they found themselves to b...
2 Years of PFN and A New Manifesto
100 Episodes - A reason to celebrate, a reason to reflect. This week, we don’t have a postcard, but a long conversation about travel. Utsav speaks wit...
Gujjar-Bakarwals: The Forgotten People of Kashmir
They form 12% of the population of J & K, and yet their story is missing from the larger discourse of Kashmir. The Gujjar-Bakarwals are the nomadic pa...
The Art of Writing Time: Persian and Sanskrit Chronograms
Two systems of writing time developed independently: One in Kashmir, and the other in Kerala. But they developed in completely different cultural mili...