Sheikh-ul-Aalam: A Rediscovery
In last 500 years, most of the literature produced about the movement that Sheikh Nooruddin Noorani led in medieval Kashmir is shrouded in myths and miracles. Some new works have attempted rediscovering the Sheikh by linking his poetry to the era he lived and the challenges he faced. This must…
Why BJP Pulled Out From J&K Coalition: A Betrayal And The Burning Touch
by Altaf Hussain Kashmir has often been described as a saga of betrayal and broken promises. By pulling out of…
Why Development Can Wait But Not Education?
by Suhail Mehraj When we seriously intend to overhaul and bring a substantial positive change in any sector, umpteen hiccups…
Zaiba Aapa’s School
After unknown gunmen left a young science graduate to survive crippled, he felt the pain of the people with serious…
The Shihlipora Shades
On the 17th anniversary of counter-insurgent Azad Nabi’s killing, Muhammad Younis visited the remote south Kashmir village to understand the…
She fasted for 16 years to press the withdrawal of draconian AFSPA from Manipur and became an international celebrity. Then…
Building For Poor
A nongovernmental organization that has worked on rehabilitation front in 2005 earthquake raised nearly seven crore rupees to create small…
Saif-ud-din Soz
Former Union Minister Professor Saif-ud-din Soz’s upcoming book ‘Kashmir: Glimpses of History and the Story of Struggle’, has already generated…
Srigufwara Encounter: The Complete Story
by Umar Khurshid Srinagar: On Friday night around 2: 00 am, a joint team of Special Operational Group (SOG) of…
The PDP Fall: A Complete Story
by Shams Irfan SRINAGAR: At around 2 PM, while most of the PDP ministers were sitting in their offices at…
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…
Naat Gou Sardar
A school teacher grew with Muslim friends and was influenced by the eulogies sung in the praise of prophet of…
A Fruitless Visit
by Khursheed Wani Home Minister Rajnath Singh arrived in Kashmir in the penultimate week of the holy month of Ramzan amid…
Fazlul Haseeb, IAS
UPSC 2017, the results of which were out last week, recorded the lowest ever performance of J&K in recent years.…
Do Not Wait For UN
Academic Prof Saifuddin Soz has been in politics for a long time. Basically, from NC, he joined Congress and became…
A ‘Mad’ Mother
Deserted by her husband, she lived for the only son she owned after a legal battle over his possession. When…
Major Embarrassment
As Kashmir felt vindicated that the counter-insurgency grid has been using civilians as human shields and sought action, Major Leetul…
Jammu’s Alternating Narratives
After the gruesome Kathua tragedy, almost everybody is asking: what is happening in Jammu? And why is it happening at…
Ramadan Fitness
by Asif Ali People nowadays are very much aware of the significance of fitness in the daily life. There is…
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…
