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Saturday, April 20, 2024
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Interview

This is a simple Q and A on issues that matter with the experts and practitioners who hold the answers. Interviews are across the various facets of life including politicians, artists, businessmen, academics and social activists.

‘This Eid, Do Not Knock At Each Others’ Doors, Use Phone To Wish, Instead’

Dr Abdul Qayum Hamid Changal, a Kashmir's General Physician working for the Ministry of Health, in Saudi Arabia, debunks myths and addresses misconceptions linked...

‘Polycystic Ovarian Disease Is Increasing In Prevalence At A Very Fast Rate In Kashmir’

Dr Imran Majid, who left his government job to start his own dermatology centres in three Kashmir districts, tells Syed Samreen about prevalent skin disorders in...

GI Tagging And Online Platforms Can Trigger A Major Shift In Kashmir Crafts

After being associated with handicrafts for many years before qualifying the administrative service, Mehmood Ahmad has finally been appointed as Director Handicrafts. He told...

‘The World Around Us Will Change In These Two Years’

Before joining as Jammu and Kashmir’s Principal Secretary for Industries and Commerce, senior IRTS officer, Ranjan Prakash Thakur has held many key positions. Born...

‘Of Course, We Will Fight Assembly Elections’

PDP General Secretary, Dr Mehboob Beg tells Yawar Hussain that his party and president are the chief targets of the ongoing “onslaught” KASHMIR LIFE (KL): Is PDP (Peoples...

‘The fear, threat and shrinking space for dissent is a key factor that marks...

Rajani Patil is a third-generation politician. Her grandfather, Ganesh Pingle, a member of the Gadar Movement, was hanged in Lahore by the British in...

‘The Two Families Would Grab Power If Statehood Is Restored’

BJP president for Jammu and Kashmir, Ravinder Raina insists that it is important that Jammu and Kashmir should remain a UT for some more...

‘Why Cannot Jammu Raise Voice For The Entire Jammu and Kashmir?’

The top leader of the National conference in Jammu Devender Singh Rana tells Yawar Hussain in anticipation of his Jammu Declaration rollout KASHMIR LIFE...

‘Conflict Causes Trauma (and) It Disturbs The Stability of The Human Mind’

Dr Yasir Ahmad Rather, Consultant Psychiatrist and Associate Professor at the Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IMHANS) GMC Srinagar, tell Khalid Bashir Gura...

‘Our Mother Tongue Is Far More Than A Means Of Communication’

A Malaysia based Kashmiri student, Asiya Hassan, who is busy building Kashmiri Dictionary on the web tells Khalid Bashir Gura KASHMIR LIFE (KL): How can...

‘Rethink Power Projects On Unstable Slopes’

Dr Irfan Rashid, a Senior Assistant Professor at the University of Kashmir’s Department of Geoinformatics has the distinction of being the first INSA (Indian...

‘Poultry Safe For Consumption’

While confirming the detection of bird flu in crows and migratory birds in some areas of Kashmir, Director Animal Husbandry Purnima Mittal in an...

‘Congress Believes Article 370 Is A Permanent Feature of Indian Constitution’

Jammu and Kashmir Congress president Ghulam Ahmad Mir blames the sudden announcement of the DDC elections for his party’s poor showing. In an interview...

‘We Draw Our Identity From Our Mother Tongue’

Playwright Muhammad Amin Bhat told Khalid Bashir Gura after being elected as president of Adbi Markaz Kamraz. Kashmir Life (KL): What drove you to...

‘PAGD Has No Roadmap’

People’s Conference leader Abdul GaniVakil tells Yawar Hussain that if Kashmiri leaders have to wait for Supreme Court verdict on Article 370, then what...