Media

A group of artists recently organised one day photography exhibition in Srinagar with an aim to provide platform to budding photographers. Known as Art–Surpassing its Boundary (ASIB), the group comprises of young photographers, painters...

 It was Vishal Bardawaj’s Haider that helped Kashmiri artists revive their lost connections with their homeland. Shams Irfan meets three Kashmiri actors who successfully traced their roots and lost memories after landing on the...

  Irfan Mehraj When mainstream Indian film-makers zoom their cameras on any political turmoil scouring the subcontinent’s landscape they come up with two visions. One is a jingoistic, cine-patriotic and muscled-up picture of Indian State’s ‘peace...

Zubin Mehta’s upcoming concert Ehsaas-e-Kashmir is in controversy.  While the German embassy see it as an apolitical musical event, separatists smell a rat and see a conspiracy aimed at undermining Kashmir’s disputed status, reports...

Popularly known as Yasmeen after her lead role in the famous serial Eemandaar telecasted from Doordarshan Srinagar way back in 1990’s, Nirmal Dhar, now settled in Deharadun, has a deep wish to return to...

In a period spanning over half a century, Radio Kashmir became an inseparable part of Kashmir’s modern history and culture. While the station gradually lost its sheen with the emergence of an overwhelming situation...

I ntroduced at the peak of summer 2010 unrest, the Jammu and Kashmir government has time and again lauded itself for using a less lethal weapon called pepper gas in dealing with protesters in Kashmir....

  Gagging mass media has been an age old practice to stop people from knowing what they are supposed to. With internet, a new edifice of social information emerged. But managing it is pretty easier...

Neither is music new to the land of Habba Khatoon nor the debate over its status in Muslim societies. Then why all of a sudden was there a high decibel noise and swift police...

The year 2012 saw the addition of many new newspapers, expansions and major non-local media houses flying to Srinagar to set up a base. The tragic demise of one of the most respected journalists...

The year 2012 saw evolution of mass media which constructively narrated the largely ignored stories of atrocities committed on common people in Kashmir conflict to a larger audience, Shams Irfan reports   As They Said... “At least...

Scenic landscapes of Kashmir valley coupled with a rich cultural heritage is increasingly becoming the flavour of television commercials with a number of producers exploring the popular culture and using it as a theme...

In an age where borders have been transgressed and in fact flattened by web, how has the youth of Kashmir benefitted from this information revolution? KASHMIR LIFE interacted with students from three universities of...

Doordarshan Srinagar was once known for amusing the audiences with its classy content and the variety of programs it produced. But it has lost its old glory and has, in fact, become synonymous with...