Life miserable for Gujjars and Bakerwals
Except reaping political benefits by demonstrating their woes, political elites have done nothing to improve the lot of this marginalised community
Mahore, (Reasi), November 28
Despite being the third largest ethnic group after Kashmiri-speaking Muslims and Dogra Hindus, Gujjars and Bakerwals feel marginalised by political parties in the ongoing elections. For politicians, they are merely a votebank who can be easily exploited by raking up emotive issues.

A Bakerwal family having food at Arnas on the Mahore-Reasi road. A Tribune photograph

Govt school suffers for lack of infrastructure
Jammu, November 28
Even as the successive state governments have made tall claims about the education sector, a government school and college are functioning from the same building at Paloura here.

Jammu painted blue: Pamphlets put up by parties dot the entire city. Tribune photo: Anand Sharma

DD launches second edition of “Milay Sur”
Srinagar, November 28
Buoyed by the success and popularity of talent hunt/reality show “Milay Sur”, the Doordarshan Kendra (DDK), Srinagar, has come out with its second edition. Telecast of auditions on every Friday and Saturday have already started and the same is being held under the title of “Milay Sur - II”.

Physician’s brush with art
Jammu, November 28
The second series of exhibition of 40 paintings on the theme, “Ganesha - The Inspiration II”, by Dr Raj Kumar Sharma, artist and physician, at Kala Kendra here is on these days. Most of the paintings, which are in the abstract, present an array of various poses of Ganesha. It is really a test of the imagination for the spectators to assemble the zigzag lines and find out the form of Lord out of them. 

Gen next gives Basohli art the brush-off
Basohli (Kathua), November 28
The world famous Basohli art is slowly losing its sheen as the new generation is reluctant to learn the art from their elders. For the past many centuries, this art was taught from one generation to other. On the banks of the Ravi, 80 km from Kathua, and nested among low-lying hills, lies Basohli town whose withering magnificence stands a mute testimony to the glory it was in its heyday.

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