Predhuman K. Joseph Dhar popularly known as PK Joseph Dhar, was an author, social worker and a writer.

Personal life

Dhar was born in Srinagar, Kashmir but forced to leave Kashmir and migrate to

Jammu Jammu is the winter capital of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is the headquarters and the largest city in Jammu district of the union territory. Lying on the banks of the river Tawi, the city of Jammu, with an area of ...

in year 1990.

Notability

He translated the Bible into the

Kashmiri language Kashmiri () or Koshur (, /kəːʃur/) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by around 7 million Kashmiris of the Kashmir region, primarily in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. In 2020, the Parliament of India passed a bill to ma ...

, which was released by the Apostolic Nuncio to India. The Kashmiri version includes the Books of the

Apocrypha Apocrypha are works, usually written, of unknown authorship or of doubtful origin. The word ''apocryphal'' (ἀπόκρυφος) was first applied to writings which were kept secret because they were the vehicles of esoteric knowledge considered ...

as well; this work is published by the Bible Society of India. Dhar belonged to a

Kashmiri Pandit The Kashmiri Pandits (also known as Kashmiri Brahmins) are a group of Kashmiri Hindus and a part of the larger Saraswat Brahmin community of India. They belong to the Pancha Gauda Brahmin group from the Kashmir Valley, a mountainous region l ...

family but embraced Christianity in 1984. He served as a Chief spokesperson for All Jammu and Kashmir Catholic Sabha and took initiatives for the welfare of minorities in the state. Dhar was also the convener of the

Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

Christian Forum of Jammu and Kashmir and also principal of Coventry Scholars school in Chinore,

for few years. The

DD Kashir DD Kashir is a regional subsidiary television station of Doordarshan in Jammu and Kashmir which is owned by Broadcasting Ministry of India centrally focusing on tradition of Kashmiri culture and heritage, telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra ...

has telecast a 28-minute documentary titled ''Shehil Kul'' (Shady Tree) about Dhar.

Death

Dhar died on 12 June 2014.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dhar, Predhuman K Joseph Writers from Jammu and Kashmir Indian social workers Indian Roman Catholics Converts to Roman Catholicism from Hinduism Social workers from Jammu and Kashmir 2014 deaths Year of birth missing