Kashmir Life
Trout Take Off In Kashmir
Introducing trout was one of the many contributions that Raj made during Kashmir’s darkest era in the nineteenth century. Offering details of how the...
Subhan Hajam’s Legendary Battle
As singing got into dancing and the nautch into prostitution, the Kashmir governor’s in Sikh and Dogra eras saw pleasure and money in the...
Taming Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) has seven global strains and some of them are defying the most modern therapies that science has evolved. Still one of the...
Briefing August 14-20, 2022
INDEPENDENCE DAY
In the run-up to Independence Day, the government launched the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign on a very high scale. There were rallies by...
Who Was India’s First Woman Freedom Fighter? Begum Hazrat Mahal
by Rais Siddiqui
As a child, she was sold by her parents due to their poverty to royal agents. Soon she became a courtesan by...
‘Leishmaniasis Is A Poor Man’s Disease So Big Co’s Merck or Pfizer Don’t Touch...
Kashmir scientist, Dr Hira Lal Nakhasi, currently a Director at US’s FDA, has worked to solve many riddles but his key contribution has been...
Separating the Entangled
As Kashmir turned abnormal, the parents of a 15-year-old literally bundled and flew him to London for studies. Separated from home and his parents,...
How Life Teaches Positivity Through Negative Experiences?
by Hurmat Altaf
“What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.”
A Burnt Child Loves...
Briefing August 7-13, 2022
BHADERWAH
Kashmir actor, Mudasir Zafar has married Saroosh Zargar, his sister's friend. The Bhaderwah actor has performed in Shoorveer, Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya, Behnein and...
Many Years Ago, How I Managed A Corrupt Officer?
by Mohammad Afaaq Sayeed
Don't take pity on the corrupt. Trap them with whatever means you have available with you.
Once I landed in the jaws...
The Radiation Costs
Overexposure to radiation is a severe health crisis. Humaira Nabi meets a female X-ray technician, who said she suffered immensely during the Covid19 overload
When...
Fading Snowlines
With Western Disturbances moving all the greenhouse gases from the Atlantic to the Pir Panchal peaks, Kashmir is gradually emerging as a collateral victim...
Srinagar 1868
An Assistant Surgeon in Her Majesty’s 36th Foot, John Frederick Foster (1839-1869) spent almost a quarter in 1868 summer in Kashmir, primarily for health...
Did Saadat Hasan Mantoo and Ismat Chughtai Fell For Each Other?
A decade ahead of the partition of the subcontinent, two major voices emerged in Urdu literature – Saadat Hasan Mantoo (1912 -1955) and Ismat...
South Kashmir 1868
An Assistant Surgeon in Her Majesty’s 36th Foot, John Frederick Foster (1839-1869) spent almost a quarter in 1868 summer in Kashmir, primarily for health...
