Kashmir Life
Working for accuracy
The company set up by Abrar Wadera is engaged in developing cutting edge hospital lab automation software. He has provided the same to SKIMS...
Breaking the jinx
Twenty seven year old Dr Shah Faesal created history by becoming the first Kashmiri to secure first position in the Civil Service Exams 2009. Faesal says he was motivated by the idea of “doing more than what defines success in Kashmir”.
Programming Taleem
Khan studied computer programming at home and soon went out to design software to digitize land records in Urdu. Khan’s software was installed on...
Novel rise
He felt quite low when he missed becoming a doctor by only two points. However, it proved a blessing in disguise. Waheed Mirza soon...
Piloting A Career
He was born and brought up in a labourer’s family in a Pulwama village around 73 km from Srinagar. His village lacked basic amenities...
kingshahfaesal@ias.in
By becoming the first Kashmiri and second Muslim in entire India to top the civil services examination, Shah Faesal has broken many myths and...
Howzaat! IAS
Starting with MBBS and then changing tracks to professional cricket to being selected for civil services, Dr. Mir Umair
Tashakur, Khyber Jan
The small Pashto speaking community of Kashmir is getting a new cultural lifeline as a Pakistan based Pashto channel brings them closer to the...
Showbiz altar
They are earning good money but would like to quit if they can. Shazia Yousuf delves into the lives of girls that work in...
Drought storm
In Pakistan IFTIKHAR GILANI finds why water issue is upping the ante against India along with the longstanding Kashmir issue.
On my way back to...
Able efforts
As a student Shaheel Mohammad fought for rights of physically challenged students. Now he hears their problems and finds solutions. Mohammad Afzal Sofi reports.
When...
The Fall of The Feudal’s?
What has become of the erstwhile Zaildar families who dominated the society till the 1950s? Have they reconciled with the loss of paisa, power...
Proud Kashmiri
It is a family that never sent any of its wards to any business schools, but in last 150 years, it has evolved a...
Living Dangerously
Timber smuggling is a lucrative but risky business. Many young men have lost their lives while smuggling timber. Hamidullah Dar explores the factors that lead...
Love don’t cost nothing
For the houseboat owners in Dal Lake, tourists are business and hope. But sometimes tourists not just take along memories, they take away people...
