Kashmir Life
Through thick and thin
Newspaper hawkers are known to face rain and sun everywhere, but in Kashmir bullets and batons are a supplement. Ibrahim Wani reports.
Even before the...
Costly Images
Photo and video journalists bring news into the bedrooms and are always perceived by people as a glamorous lot. Izhar A Wani writes about...
Unending Search
She doesn’t know if her husband is dead or alive. She gave up search of her missing calligrapher husband who disappeared in troopers’ custody...
No case for taxman
A Supreme Court order has shagged off the taxman from the backs of industrialists and on the way saving them a whooping Rs 900...
Facts of Resurgent Kashmir
Author: Dr Sheikh Showkat Hussain Publishers: Kashmir Institute, Abi Guzar Price: Rs 135 To be released on April 19
Sara Wani
The book is a compilation...
A knot of faith
Their firm belief that wishes are granted at shrines takes the form of a unique ritual. Devotees tie votives for whatever they wish and...
A Shrinking Empire
On June 11, 1939, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah converted Muslim Conference into National Conference to give it a pan J&K appeal. While the party has...
Sajjad takes the plunge
It is no longer the time for accusing People’s Conference leader Sajjad Gani Lone of fielding proxy candidates in elections.
Sightless, not visionless
He can see the world only through the light of Quran. After losing eyesight at an early age Ghulam Hassan Wagay illuminated his life...
Yet another jail account
by Sara Wani
Long ago a non-descript man used to visit a library I frequented, not in pursuit of knowledge but to visit his...
Jockeying Kashmir
For aspiring Radio Jockeys, Sophie is an inspiration. Her own life has a daily transition from a homely girl to a chirpy anchor. Shazia...
Lessons from Egypt
by Farooq Amin
I recently undertook a business trip to Egypt, famous for its rich history and some of the world’s most famous monuments, including...
Masters In Uniform
The allegations that the army had resorted to taking Kashmiris on forced labour (Begaar) during the last two decades has opened the historical wounds...
A thorny profession
The chestnuts they collect are more visible than the lives they lead. Haroon Mirani narrates the story of chestnut collectors, tucked around the fringes...
Film competition irks aspirants
Independent filmmakers allege that criteria fixed by the Cultural Academy are flawed, and designed to favour a certain section Shazia Khan reports.
Film makers in the state are annoyed at the criterion prescribed by the Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages for an upcoming films competition.
Film makers in the state are annoyed at the criterion prescribed by the Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages for an upcoming films competition.
