Educational Mess
This devastating flood has been debilitating for almost every sector. Once the waters receded, people starting clearing their houses and businesses from the thick...
A Muck of History
In Kashmir’s checkered history preserving records of the past have always been a priority. But with floods catching officials unaware a part of Kashmir’s...
Qazigund: A Village Lost
With more than 20 kanals of agriculture land per household Qazigund village in Pulwama district was proud to be self-sufficient till floods washed away...
Do Not Blame JHELUM
Governance failure apart, societal corruption, greed and biotic interventions in fragile ecology invited Rs 100,000 crore catastrophe to the City of Kashmir. R S...
Theed Saviours
For helpless new-mothers who were rescued from G B Panth hospital and abandoned at Zeethyaar Mandir, trusting anybody was a gamble till they found...
Flood Money
For many it was a crisis but for a few the flood was an opportunity. As hundreds of youth risked their lives to save...
‘The helpers of God’
Their founder Moulana Maududi called Jama’at as ‘the helpers of God,’ who were seen rescuing and providing relief to flood-hit recently. Bilal Handoo sums...
Back To Roots
With the major business streets of Srinagar in Lal Chwok, Jawahar Nagar, Dalgate and Karan Nagar devastated by the historic flood, people see the...
Rise, We Will
For a moment, it sounds fiction. To run a diesel generator in Rainwari hospital, Srinagar will have to secure fuel from Leh. To quench...
Historic Failure
Omar government could not have prevented the floods but had the capacity to manage it partly. R S Gull details the escape of an...
Where Are Separatists?
This was the signature tune of Delhi’s electronic media for its coverage of Kashmir’s devastating floods: where are the separatists. Safwat Zargar trekked across...
The Sikh Camaraderie
A relief camp started by Kashmiri Sikhs a day before the deluge hit Srinagar inside a Gurudwara in uptown Srinagar provided timely rescue and...
We Shall Overcome
Held hostage by the deluge for days together inside a building near her Barbarshah residence in Srinagar, Durdana Bhat spins a moving tale of...
Back to Hakeem Days?
The decimation of Srinagar’s major private and public hospitals and a chain of diagnostic centres could push the society back by many decades if...
Oh, Lal Chowk!
As Jhelum retreated to its banks after creating a reign of terror in the valley, the city centre Lal Chowk looks faded and filthy....
