Kashmir Life
Mr. and Mrs. Abdul Rehman Chechi
What would you do when you don’t have a son, you desperately want, even after five children? Abdul Rehman Chechi did not have the...
Peace Dividend
Two decades of armed militancy has given Kashmir’s wildlife an unexpected lease of life by keeping poachers away. Now the artillery falling silent along...
A Woman’s Ode
Naseem Shafaie, is the first Kashmiri poetess to win the Tagore Literary award. She has published two collections of her poems, which mostly reflect...
Weathering a storm
When circumstance left her husband incapacitated, Shamima turned to Pashmina weaving, and went on to set up an enterprise that helps thousands of women...
Downsizing a high
Public awareness and official crackdown have brought down the narcotics production in south Kashmir districts, where large swathes of land were put under poppy...
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...
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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.
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