Justice Denied: Sopore 1993
Dubbed as militancy capital, the Sopore town was subjected to a series of carnages and arson during the 1990s. After 45 coffins of charred civilians were lowered in graves and 16 injured, the promise of justice sent the town reconstructing the decimated 27 homes and…
Has Poshnool Faded Away?
by Sheikh Saqlain SRINAGAR: “Where has the Poshnool gone?” My grandmother asks me on a chilly winter morning. “There was…
Now, A Kashmiri Represents India In China
Srinagar A senior diplomat from Srinagar, Vikram Misri has been appointed as India’s new ambassador to China replacing Gautam Bambawale…
Reconnecting South
Post-Burhan Wani, Mehbooba Mufti attempted breaking the ice by visiting two families deep South. Will it help the unionists to…
The Heaven I Know
Fighting her parents and the media-generated perceptions, a Bangalore student volunteers to teach at a Doda school and spend some…
IAS 2009 topper Dr Shah Faesal tells Masood Hussain hours after quitting the coveted service KASHMIR LIFE (KL): A student…
Beautiful Wasteland
As Kashmir invests heavily in infrastructure and promotion to improve the visitor footfalls to resurrect the ailing hospitality sector, Shams…
Rasik Salam Dar
When 17-year-old Rasik Salam Dar, a resident of Ashmuji village in Kulgam, made it to the coveted Indian Premier League…
Lone, Not Alone
by Khursheed Wani Peoples Conference has the unique distinction of being a Kashmir-centric political party divided into two factions with…
The Jamia Debate
An outrage followed the entry of some young men into the Jamia Masjid, apparently to record their sequence with the…
Why Reconciliation Is Vital For Kashmir?
by Shefan Jahan For them, the Ceylon diver held his breath, And went all naked to the hungry shark……. …
Is Shah Faesal An Alternative or An Addition?
by Hamid Rather Can Shah Faesal be a better alternative or a cliché addition to the political landscape of Jammu and…
Contrary to the general belief that Kashmiri women have remained insulated from the politics and continue to remain the victims…
JRL Survives
They might have issued a record number of strikes in 2018, but the JRL affiliates suggest that the survival of…
Generational Spill Over
A Rs 2.13 crore irrigation project approved by the Planning Commission in 1979 was initiated by Sheikh Abdullah in 1981,…
Guns and Graves
Though 2018 was the deadliest year in a decade, and the new recruitments are down, Shams Irfan sees it premature…
New Comedy Kings
Living in perpetual gloom and sadness for decades, some young men have unleashed their funny bone on the internet, thus…
Keeping The Date
For managing 365 days and decorating the kitchen walls, Kashmir alone consumes almost three million wall calendars a year. Detailed…
Sins Stink
The politics within the various factions making the SMC triggered a crisis within the class that led to the collapse…
A Kazak In Kashmir
She was studying in Kazakhstan where she fell in love with a Kashmiri medical student. Finally, they landed in Kashmir…
Scholarships
Washington Center Academic Internship Program, USA 2019 Washington Center, USA Application Deadline: February 20, 2019 Apply Now Southern…
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Women Wails
From the fall of the Kashmir’s first woman ruler in last one millennium to a spate of serious crimes being…
Vitamin D Story
by Zeenat Farooq Vitamin D or the sunshine vitamin is a vitamin sub-type under the class of Fat-Soluble Vitamins. It…