Kashmir Life
Riots changed J&K politics
Journalist Ved Bhasin has completed six decades in active journalism, but the editor of Kashmir Times has had an equal proximity to politics. Politics,...
Kashmir’s Grave World
Death doesn’t mean an end. There is an elaborate system of social stratification involving the burials that is an economy in itself. But space...
Blood for the nation
Shabir Hussain Khan knows the value of blood since childhood, when his family had to pay exorbitantly for 20 pints of blood required for...
Gobbling Dragon
New Delhi is countering leaked reports of Chinese incursions by denials, But China’s steady encroachments in Ladakh are an open secret. KASHMIR LIFE assesses...
Ramadhan turnover
As prayers and penance take a priority in the holy month of fasting, the business too doesn’t take a backseat. As Ibrahim Wani reports...
A Trust Initiated
by Shazia Khan
In 1970, a revenue officer Abdul Khalik Tak was conducting an official survey in many parts of the state when he...
Sculpting a History
An applied artist by training, Masood Hussain has explored diverse arts and mediums from painting to sculpting. With a penchant to innovate, Masood’s works...
Braveheart Saviours
A group of roadside vendors say they are obliged to save lives because God gives them the chance. Shazia Khan reports about the foursome...
Legislating, first time
Some 30 first-timers made it to the legislative assembly in 2008. Hamidullah Dar talks to some of them about their maiden experiences in the...
Collateral Damage
They fight painful memories, face hardships and an uncertain future. Tens of thousands of children orphaned by two decade conflict in Kashmir suffer silently....
Defying blindness
An accident in childhood made him lose sight over the years. But the knowledge and experience he acquired over the years help Shabir Masoodi...
Eating away imports
Despite institutions meant to improve agricultural production, the state imports almost half of the rice requirement. Hamidullah Dar reports.
The inability of the government to...
Shopain to CBI
Investigators are busy preparing the Shopian rape and murder case to be handed over to CBI after green signal from the High Court. Haroon...
A Quiet Surrender
The National Conference led government was keen to protect district cadre jobs for home districts alone. But when the moment arrived it chose to...
Face off with life
Saima was 15 when she survived an IED blast, defaced. An unsuccessful facial surgery led to scores of correctional surgeries, but that has not...
