Kashmir Life
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...
Polluting Lives
With the increase in the use of drugs among valley youth, many addicts are trying different substances. Sharing of syringes by addicts leads to...
The Great Number Game
The credibility of census post-partition in Kashmir has always been suspect, with accusations of fudging. Now leaders across ideological barriers are asking people to...
Emptied Lap
The turmoil has exacted a heavy toll on Kashmir. For each causality reported there is an unreported emptied lap. Shazia Khan meets a few...
Axis of Asia
Its proximity to China, Russia and India, is both boon and bane for Gilgit Baltistan. Empowered by the 2009 LFO, it wants all its...
Computer Doctor
After completing his PhD in Computer Science, Syed Iqbal landed a Post Doctorate Fellowship in the subject - a first for a Kashmir resident. Shazia...
Mind your facts
Shiekh Showkat
A factual error sneaked into the previous issue of Kashmir Life. Though newspapers referred as they are as literature in hurry, tend to make mistakes, and include factual errors, this one was related to a historical fact. The newspaper column” Personality of the Week for the issue dated 2010-04-03 talked about Mirwaiz Umar being the first Kashmiri separatist leader to have started Chinese diplomacy. The author also mentioned that Sheikh Abdullah had good relations with the then Chinese PM Chou en Lai and the two had several meetings. Then it said that “When Sheikh Abdullah visited Beijing, the Chinese premier received him at the airport”.
Alien Mother
Sidelined for long, Kashmiri is now in schools as a compulsory subject, but as Aliya Bashir reports, the loopholes in its introduction may turn...
