Kashmir Life
Getting wings
Girls in Kashmir are venturing into various new professions. ALIYA BASHIR takes a look on their flight in the aviation sector.
Many Kashmiri girls are...
Tales From The Valley
Kashmir’s narratives are coming to fore, with young writers writing for an international audience. After Basharat Peer’s acclaimed memoir Curfewed Night which talked of...
Flagging Kashmir
The BJP may not have been able to hoist a flag at Lal Chowk but it sent a message across the country appealing to...
Fair Share of Business Pie
In the male-dominated entrepreneurship arena in Kashmir, few women had made their mark. Aliya Bashir speaks with those who have overcome obstacles and established...
Sangh’s Kashmir Forays
Even not having a token presence in Kashmir, Sangh Parivar has been making forays in the state primarily to play to the larger vote...
Kashmir’s Red Square
As the BJP’s flag hoisting plan brings back memories of its previous venture in 1992, Haroon Mirani recounts the history of Lal Chowk, which...
Immune and offensive
Enjoying the immunity granted to its men under Armed Forces Special Powers Act, the army has consistently sidelined the courts in J&K, yet in...
Musharraf’s Kashmir deal
Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf talks about his Kashmir plan - aborted after losing power – in an interview with Myra Mcdonald of Reuters...
Quitting Ain’t So Hard
Cigarettes have killed more people than even the most lethal weapons ever created. The habit is nasty and addictive but can be given up...
Changing lifestyle
Winters have evolved their own unique lifestyle in Kashmir. Many things have changed over years, but some things from yesteryear's are still there. Aliya Bashir takes...
Breeding An Epidemic
The hospitals in a Kashmir are ill-equipped to handle the waste, especially bio-medical and radioactive, putting lives and the environment at risk. Ikhlaq Qadri...
Living on edge
They extract stones from mountains to derive their livelihood, and in many cases, the quarries they work in, end their lives. Saima Riyaz peeps...
Interlocution
New Delhi appointing interlocutors on Kashmir evoked mixed reactions here. Coming after the all party delegation visit, which raised many hopes after the visiting...
M C Kash
may have been a genre unknown to Kashmir, but not anymore. 20-year-old Roushan Illahi caught the attention of the Kashmiri netizens with his rap...
Innovative bid
Its first impact on ground was chief minister Omar Abdullah filing a defamation suit against PDP leaders Nizamuddin Bhat and spokesman Naem Akhter for...
