Farzana Nisar
A journalism graduate from University of Kashmir, Farzana loves to unearth lost stories. She is passionate about narrative form of writing and has covered issues on diverse topics like health, conflict, business, culture and education.
‘Food Can Build Your Capacity To Resist Covid19’
Beenish Zohra, a practising dietician and a clinical nutritionist, tells Farzana Nisar that good food plays an important role in building the immune system...
ASHA Nirasha
Overworked, underpaid and vulnerable to infection, around 20,000 ASHA workers are practically the first line of defence against the contagion, especially in the Kashmir...
Online MBBS
The pandemic has forced the students enrolled with offshore medical schools to study virtually from home. This is putting a question mark over their...
Rediscovering The Neighbour
As the contagion finally started its spread to the Kashmir periphery, the affected population has started reviving and re-understanding the traditional support structure within...
Distant Burials
Families whose members were buried by authorities in distant graveyards citing pandemic want the restrictions must be eased now for all, reports Farzana Nisar
Dressed in...
New Whatsapp Privacy Policy Raises Eyebrows In Kashmir, People Switching
by Farzana Nisar
SRINAGAR: The updated privacy policy of messaging service giant WhatsApp has raised apprehensions among users in the Valley leading many users to...
In Kulgam, PAGD Fought Each Other Intensely Without Offering Space to BJP, AP
SRINAGAR: In the twenty-first-century unity of Kashmir politics, Kulgam would always be a milestone. Despite the leaders of all the Kashmir parties being together...
Making Of Kashir Tchader (Kashmiri Blanket)
by Farzana Nisar
For centuries, Kashmir has been weaving its own blankets, the Tchader in Kashmir and Chadder in Urdu. Weaving has remained basic to...
Covid Combatants
Around 1100 health workers in Kashmir contracted the infection, fought it and recovered, unlike the five doctors who died. Preoccupied with managing Covid-19 and...
Municipal Poll In Kulgam Is Getting Interesting; CPI (M) Contesting PAGD In Many Wards
by Farzana Nissar
KULGAM: In the 2018 autumn municipal polls, National Conference (NC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had stayed away. This had left nearly...
DDC Polls: 4 Families Campaigned For Their Females Restricted To A Single Room For...
by Farzana Nisar
KULGAM: Two DDC constituencies Manzgam and Pombay are all set to go to polls in the second phase on Tuesday. There are 14...
In Damhal, It Was A Fight Between Three Females
by Farzana Nisar
DAMHAL HANJIPORA: In the first phase of elections held today, it was a fight between three female candidates in Damhal Hanjipora micro-constituency...
DDC Polls: Over 31% Voting Recorded In Noorabad Area Of DH Pora Till 12...
by Farzana Nisar
SRINAGAR: Over 31 per cent votes were polled till 12 pm in Noorabad area of DH Pora DDC constituency in south Kashmir’s...
Packing Apples
Apple packaging is a key ingredient to Kashmir’s apple economy that keeps thousands of people busy round the year to manage more than 70...
Fading Sounds
An uncle and a nephew could be the last makers of Sarangi and Swarnai, the two key musical instruments of Kashmir music. There is...
