The call of home Australian writer Bill K Koul left Kashmir even before the troubles began, but still sees himself as the son of India BRUNCH Updated: May 19, 2018 22:36 IST Veenu Singh Hindustan Times On his return after 22 years, the first thing that struck Koul was the way […]
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‘Kashmiri Muslim youth, revisit your roots’
‘You are a Kashmiri first. You are not an Arab.’ ‘Revisit our traditional sufi thought.’ You can remove a man from his home, but you can’t remove his home and hearth from his heart. The Kashmiri Pandits — who marked the 29th anniversary of the beginning of their forced exodus from the […]
A poignant, yet Pragmatic recount
Chirdeep Malhotra “I am from there. I am from here. I am not there and I am not here. I have two names, which meet and part, And I have two languages. I forget which one of them I dream in.” These wonderful lines were written by Mahmoud Darwish to […]
MIER Organises Book Launch Function
JAMMU: A book launch function was organised at Model Institute of Education and Research at its B.C Road Campus today. Australian author Bill K Koul who is on a whirlwind tour across India launching not one but three of his books choose to launch the final set of books in […]
Reclaiming a Kashmiri Life
Title: 22 YEARS AUTHOR: Bill K Koul PP: 240 PRICE:₹295 Publisher:VitastaPublishing Bill K Koul has written an honest and very personal account in his memoir, 22 YEARS. As he says in the sub-title to his book, ‘one lakh Pandit families may have one lakh stories’ Koul recounts the fear and anguish he went […]
Three books by author Bill K Koul saw a multi-city launch in November
1. The book 22 Years—A Kashmir Story was launched at The Imperial Hotel in Delhi on 21 November. The event included panel discussion aired live byt Newsx Tv channel. Subramanian Swamy, Nominated Member of Parliament , J J Singh, Former army chief and David Devdas, journalist discussed how peace coud be […]
Ratan Kaul & Shilpa Raina hosts the unveiling of the book 22 Years: A Kashmir Story
New Delhi, 21st November 2017: A Perfect evening was hosted by Ratan Kaul & Shilpa Raina to celebrate the unveiling of the book 22 Years: A Kashmir Story.The book authored by Bill K. Koul saw esteemed panellists engrossed in a discussion on the subject A Kashmir Story.The evening took place at The Imperial, Janpath. “In my twin capacities of Executive President […]
Author Bill Koul launches three books in India
Over-population is a major issue here. Look at China – they tackled this issue by bringing in the one-child policy. If we don’t deal with these issues now, what are we leaving for the future generations?” he questions poignantly. Koul says society must come together to debate and discuss these […]
It’s time to read
Kashmiri Australian writer Bill K Koul launched three of his books at Starmark, Express Avenue, recently. The books by the writer-editor from Perth are relevant to today’s times, states its publisher, Vitasta Publishing, in a press note. While 22 Years – A Kashmir Story is the writer-editor’s way of looking back at […]
Oz writer Bill Koul launches 3 books in Chennai
Chennai: “Find a purpose in life and work on it. Everyone has a meaning to live in this world – find it and live it,” were the wise words of author Bill K Koul, whose three books were launched here Friday. The guests for the evening at Starmark bookstore in […]