Shikaras in the frozen lake

The book has two parts..Part one of the book is a saga of many unknown, lesser-known ,forgotten or world-renowned stalwarts from the Kashmir valley and their pioneering contribution in the fields of art, music, theatre, drama, poetry, and painting. The idea is to apprise our younger generation about some forgotten icons or unsung men. Men like Dina Nath Nadim (poet), Jiwan Lal Mattoo( musician ), Mohan Lal Aima, Pran Kishore Kaul, Arun Kaul, Bhajan Sopori, J N Shivpuri, Ved Lal Dhar Vakil, Dr Ali Jan, Ghulam Nabi Doolwal, Ghulam Rasool Santosh ( painter ), Raqib Shaw, ( artist ) Gopi Nath Bhat ( dancer ), Sri Kanth Toshakhani, Ramzan Joo ( Sufiana musician ), Ramesh Hangloo ( Radio Sharda ), Pushkar Bhan, Shadi Kaul ( actor ), Radhey Nath Massarat ( poet ), Prof Nazir Khan ( Principal S P college ), Prof Peter Raina ( Poland), Shridhar Kaul Dulloo, Dr Shanker Raina, Dwarika Nath Gigoo Rajkamal, Som Nath Butt ( artist ), Triloke Kaul ( artist ), Dewan Virender Mohan ( composer ), Makhan Lal Saraf ( theatre ), Soma Nath Sadhu, Raj Begum ( singer ), Uma Khosla ( radio artist ), Dr Kashi Nath Pandita( scholar , historian and translator ), Balraj Sahni( cinema actor ), Pandit Jia Lal Saraf, Hakim Shyam Lal Bhat, Ramesh Marahatha ( for his daring escape from the clutches of terrorists), Rajab Hameed ( poet ) and many more.