Kashmir Life
Resolute in Aim
Disappointed over the lack of Chip Design sector in Kashmir, electronics engineer Kashif Khan has embarked on himself to change the status quo. Ibrahim...
Marriage: Late is not better
Average age for marriages in Kashmir has risen from 20’s to 30’s with emphasis on economic stability and extravagant weddings. The rise in marrying...
Mystery of Accession
For over two decades now, Kashmiri separatists are observing October 27 as the ‘black day’ to mark the landing of Indian army in 1947....
Hand That Shakes
Congress’s association with Kashmir dates back to the 1930s. Using power as a lever afte Congress’s association with Kashmir dates back to the 1930s....
A chick and egg tale
His efforts to make valley self sufficient in poultry are not new. Since 1978 when Nazir Ahmad Tramboo’s tryst with the egg started, he...
Preserving A Heritage
In 1998 Munshi brothers of Kargil were demolishing their ancestral inn when they discovered a treasure trove of artefacts. Rather than bringing them wealth,...
Tales of torture
The first incumbent of the infamous torture centre turned guest house PAPA 2 arranged its exorcism to ward off the evils of its past....
Custody death puts police in spot
by Hamidullah Dar
The confusion into the mysterious death of a 40-year-old man in custody in Ram Munshi Bagh police station on October 6 was...
The Story So Far
Notwithstanding the massacres, unrest and detentions, there has rarely been any period during last two decades when New Delhi was not in touch with...
Now, Quiet Talks
New Delhi has given a new dimension to dialogue with Kashmir separatists by introducing “quiet talks” or “quiet diplomacy”. Why did the previous dialogues...
A lease of life
An integrated cold chain storage facility inaugurated last week has taken Kashmir’s cumulative CAS capacity to 13800-mts with the avowed objective of giving a...
Nehru’s Love for Kashmir
Edwina-Nehru relationship and its impact on J&K’s fate is a favourite debate for historians, but India does not seem ready to watch what it...
Half Widows, Double Misery
Despite Shariah providing for remarriage options for a missing person’s wife after four years, a mix of legal and social hurdles are hindering the...
South Asian Conflicts and the Drug Trade
by Siddiq Wahid
Deepthroat was the colourful name assigned to one the key figures in the emblematic Watergate scandal that brought the United States’ Nixon...
A musical vision
Dost Mohammad Khan was three when he lost his eyesight. That did not stop him from becoming the first graduate in his family, or...
