Wounded Womb
Regardless of peace and war, mothers are naturally emotional beings, neutral to every other thing around. What happens when a mother loses a son? Rashid Ahmad traced two mothers separated by 3-km distance and linked by the pain of losing their sons, in separate incidents. Both turned mad. One died…
Shopian Killings: A Complete Story
by Shams Irfan SRINAGAR: On September 21, 2018, at around 7 am, suspected militants surrounded Batagund village in Shopian, some…
Khuram Parvez Finds Mention In UN Secretary General’s Report On Human Rights
SRINAGAR: The United Nations report that identified 38 “shameful” countries which resorted to reprisals and intimidation against the human rights…
Receding Hairlines
Almost thirty per cent of the male population is literally carrying a crisis on their heads as baldness is impacting…
Poller Difference
Polls for urban local bodies were held in 2005 and Panchayats’ in 2011. While the governor’s administration is keen to…
Prof Rita Jitendra was talking about her literary contributions live on Doordarshan’s Good Morning Kashmir that she suffered cardiac arrest…
Haseeb Drabu
A week after declining his nomination to the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) of PDP, former minister of finance, culture, labour…
Are We Heading Towards Another War?
by Masood Hussain SRINAGAR: Narendra Modi and Imran Khan are caught in interesting situations. Modi is facing a re-election and…
Where Do We Stand In The Colossal Universe, By The Way?
by Hunais Khawaja Look outside the window in the middle of the night and you will see a million stars shining…
BJP’s Plan B?
by Khursheed Wani Almost two months after the fall of Mehbooba-led BJPDP coalition in Jammu and Kashmir, the formation of…
Crisis Management
Even if the police statement about the south Kashmir barber attempting to kill himself is taken at the face value,…
Vanishing Waters
Farmers are fast switching over to cash crops, abandoning traditional rice cultivation. But those who still grow the paddy lack…
Qadir’s Wild Search
His son went to a doctor and did not return. Next morning, he was taken by the army and released…
Real Kashmir Rises
In Kashmir’s rich football history, uncharitable comments of an elderly resident provoked a journalist to start an amateur club. As…
Book Within
A little girl and her father met an accident and she knew many months later that he did not survive.…
Beetroot: Health Benefits
Beetroot, also known as a beet, has been gaining in popularity as a new superfood due to recent studies claiming…
Scholarships
Coca-Cola Scholars Program Scholarship, 2019 The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation Application Deadline: October 31, 2018 Apply Now University of Winnipeg President Scholarship…
Bypassing Livelihoods
As the people have started enjoying the ‘long drive’ on Kashmir’s first motorway, the alternative highway, saving time and fuel,…
Breaking Solina’s Silence
For the last many years, a process was set in motion to convert the heritage filatures in the sprawling Solina…
Vajpayee Since 1953
While most of his initiatives as Prime Minister are well documented, Masood Hussain offers rare details – some appearing for…
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…
Behind Broken Glasses
Inspired by the seminal work of James Joyce, Feroz Rather creates magic in his book The Night of Broken Glass.…
Muharram Procession: A Photo Essay
by Bilal Bahadur SRINAGAR: Police on Wednesday fired tear smoke shells and resorted to cane charge to foil attempts by…
