{"id":643,"date":"2014-02-21T08:51:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-21T08:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kashmir-today.net\/kashmiris-launch-facebook-like-site\/"},"modified":"2014-02-21T08:51:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-21T08:51:00","slug":"kashmiris-launch-facebook-like-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=643","title":{"rendered":"Kashmiris launch facebook-like site"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kashmir.watch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/log-300x149.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/kashmir.watch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/log-300x149.jpg\" height=\"158\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>Srinagar:<\/b> Two young brothers from Kashmir after being inspired by the world famous social networking site Facebook have developed and launched a similar site called Connect Kashmir hosted on web as<a href=\"http:\/\/www.connectkashmir.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> www.connectkashmir.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The human interface is easy for users and people can register, make free account, be connected with instant messaging, upload pictures and more. Connect Kashmir offers more features than the regular ones on Facebook. Besides the usual Like and Unlike features, others added are OMG, Sorry, I Object, I am being affected and many other expressions.The social networking site has been developed by two brothers Rayeis Zargar, 30, and Sohail Zargar, 26, hailing from Lalbazar, in Srinagar. At present they own the Kashmir-based web development company \u2013 Netshell Software Solutions.The company aims to promote the region\u2019s language, heritage, and talent throughout the world primarily by socializing people at the regional as well as global level.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Netshell launched Connect Kashmir in Mumbai at an <\/span><b style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">international event based on information technology, India Soft 2013<\/b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">.Rayeis Zargar said that users can interact with people of Kashmir, meet new talented personalities, understand the forgotten and ignored Kashmiri language, and know Kashmiri heritage.His brother Sohail says that their main focus was to aware people about their mother tongue, inherent talent of Kashmir, picturesque landscapes and breathtaking meadows.Sohail claims that the website also promotes young talented persons from Kashmir through a special section named \u2018talent of the month\u2019.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar: Two young brothers from Kashmir after being inspired by the world famous social networking site Facebook have developed and launched a similar site called Connect Kashmir hosted on web as www.connectkashmir.com. The human interface is easy for users and people can register, make free account, be connected with instant messaging, upload pictures and more. 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