Hot Pursuit
The gun battles have kept Kashmir on the edge as 600 militants stand killed since the fateful Bamdoora encounter in 2016. The battles have gone bloody, bold and frequent. Detailing the key events that contributed in making ‘new age militancy’ a challenge, Shams Irfan sees an urgency in the security…
The Wall of Kindness Makes Grand Appearance In Kashmir
by Omer Fayaz SRINAGAR: On the banks of river Jhelum stands a dilapidated multi-storied hotel, Pamposh that was destroyed in…
Oprah Winfrey Dons Saree With Kashmiri Tilla
by Saima Bhat SRINAGAR When Oprah Winfrey talks, it is news. The American talk show host known for her historic…
Enforced Break-Ups
The conflict continues breaking families and adding to the destitute population. Muhammad Younis meets three widows and their children who…
A Flawed Decision
The change of nomenclature from Sadr-e-Riyasat to Governor was Jammu and Kashmir’s political disenfranchising. If the arbitrary attempts at classifying…
Filmmaker Ashvin Kumar did seven films, and four are on Kashmir only. His latest film has been given an A-certificate…
The Djinn Who Fell From The Walnut Tree
By Shabir Ahmad Mir Up in the north, deep in the mountains, a two days trek on foot or a…
Mudasir Rashid Parray
Last week, one of the most disturbing pictures that came across on the internet was of a 14-year-old cute boy…
Why I Am Still Waiting For My Militant Brother?
by Syed Tajamul Imran Few events change history and few storms shatter families. In past thirty years of unending bloodshed,…
Understanding Mir Jafar, Mir Sadiq
by M J Aslam “Those who do not understand history are doomed to repeat its mistakes” George Santayana Hostilities cease…
Maharaja Malik
by Khursheed Wani Talking to technology students at Gwalior, Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik made a creative remark…
Identity In Early Kashmir
A trained cultural historian, Dr Shonaleeka Kaul is currently an Associate Professor at the Centre for Historical Studies of the…
An Ageing Bazaar
A small Bijbehara market with narrow lanes and wooden shop lines shares its evolution and decline with Srinagar’s Maharaja Bazaar.…
Tackle Government Schools First
A small satirical video made by two youngsters highlighting the plight of students who had sit for recent board exams,…
Make Your Skin Glow
Skin is fundamental for looking attractive. Dr Zeenat Farooq identifies factors that accelerate the skin ageing Looking attractive is something…
Scholarships
Victoria University of Wellington Averil Brent Scholarship in Science in New Zealand 2019 Application Deadline: March 31, 2019…
Before Pathan Raids
A series of developments took place before and after the crucial three days between October 23 and 27, 1947, but…
Dominating From Hills
A young man, who fought poverty to study management, finally chased his dream and created an exclusive manufacturing facility in…
What is the Internet?
by Azra Hussain The internet is one of the many commodities that users often take for granted. Nobody ever questions…
Wonder Spring?
A Facebook video showing a spring in a non-descript south Kashmir village following kid’s commands to make its water rise…
Backyard Democracy
Five of the nine phase-Panchayat polls are over. The exact details of the interesting stories would be known once the…
The Foremost Broadcaster
In 1981, when Mahendra Koul (July 28, 1922 – July 18, 2018) visited the 10-Downing Street, he looked at Prime…
In Conflict Theatre
South Kashmir is boiling since 2016. It tops the lists of gun-battles that took place in 2018. The frequent encounters…
In Pictures: JKLIR Passing Out Parade
by Bilal Bahadur Srinagar: Over 250 fresh recruits were on Saturday inducted into army’s Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (JKLIR) Regiment…
Iqbal Khanday: Man, Mind And Mettle
by Haseeb A Drabu For people of my age, a few years younger than him, Iqbal Khandey was a star.…