Last 40 Hours
Nobody knows exactly, the details of Dr Rafi’s last forty hours, till he was located besieged in a Shopian village, alongside top Hizb rebels. His plunge into militancy has baffled Kashmir. Everyone wants to know why a scholar choose blood over ink, reports Shams Irfan On cloudy May 6, 2018…
Why Nobody Is Happy With Modi’s Visit?
SRINAGAR: The weekend visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Jammu and Kashmir was hectic but he ensured that he…
Why Are Women Absent On Kashmir’s Political Landscape?
by Shazia Nazir Bakshi Take a moment to think of Lalla Ded and Habba Khatoon. These two women poets from…
A Phenomenal Struggle
In making individuals achieve their objectives, there are lots of people who contribute, especially in case of have-nots. But there…
Ceasefire In Retrospect
As the political parties in the state are readying to approach the centre for a ceasefire to prevent mass recruitment…
Karnataka poet and writer Samwartha ‘Sahil’ was in Srinagar for a week. In 2016, he was tasked to write a…
Deadly Drive
by Khursheed Wani The reporters who have covered the Kashmir conflict for more than two decades know that the situation…
Ek Tha Tiger
In a fierce gun-battle between militants and the army, Hizb ul Muahideen lost a major face in south Kashmir. Umar…
Alia Bhatt Is In Love With Kashmir
SRINAGAR: Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt is gradually emerging as the big Kashmir fan who wants everybody to shoot in Kashmir.…
Circa 2000: That Abortive Ceasefire
by Iftikhar Gilani In the spring of 2000, when the snow had started to melt in the meadows of the…
Romancing the Lake
by Mihir Patilhande Srinagar’s jewel, Dal Lake is the major tourist attraction in the city centre. When you think of the…
Let Jinnah Stay Back
by Dr Altaf Hussain Para The disturbances and uproar in Aligarh Muslim University followed by assaults on its students by…
Requiem for Rehti
Since 1998 when her fingers were broken by the soldier who took her son, Rehti did not leave even a…
Fazlul Haseeb, IAS
UPSC 2017, the results of which were out last week, recorded the lowest ever performance of J&K in recent years.…
Ghulam Nabi Patel
On April 25, 2018, Ghulam Nabi Mir, 65, was killed near Rajpora in Pulwama when unidentified gunmen fired at his…
1865: Kashmir Weavers’ Agitation
By all accounts, world’s first organised labour agitation took place in Kashmir on April 29, 1865, almost 21 years before…
J&K: Evolution of Communalism
The Hindu Right has evolved its own distinction in narrating and understanding history, especially of Kashmir. As efforts are underway…
Jammu’s Alternating Narratives
After the gruesome Kathua tragedy, almost everybody is asking: what is happening in Jammu? And why is it happening at…
Carpenting Poetry
When a mischievous boy with Afghan blood was forced out of a seminary at the age of 14, he broke…
Model Self Help
A specially-abled man, fought odds to survive but struggled to create a difference for the people rendered imperfect by birth…
