What was the actual sense and spirit of the word Kashmiriyat? Kashmiriyat in simple words means Kashmiri-ness. It was the ethno-national approach, social consciousness and cultural values of the Kashmiri people. But Kashmiriyat has been misinterpreted as Islamiyat, writes Er PL Khushu in Spade a Spade. The following article is a faithful reproduction of the same.