Kashmir Life
Briefing June 8 – July 4, 2026
NISHAT
Srinagar karting sensation Atiqa Mir, 11, has created history by becoming the first Indian and Asian female racer selected for the Formula 1 Academy's...
Why Do So Many People with Substance Use Disorders in Kashmir Never Seek Treatment?
by Dr Imran Khan
Despite expanding treatment facilities, stigma, poverty, demographics and substance-specific factors continue to prevent many Kashmiris with addiction from seeking care.
Substance use disorder,...
Has AI Governance Reached a Turning Point?
by Michael Froman
A US ban on advanced AI models exposes regulatory gaps, national security concerns, and growing tensions between innovation, control, and global competition
This...
Pedalling Forward
An engineering student squad from Kashmir are converting bicycles, load carts, and livelihoods, one battery at a time, reports Mehreen Firdous
When Aqib Farooq Shah...
What Can a Common Kashmiri Do to Protect the Environment?
by Dr Farooq A Lone
A practical overview of Kashmir’s environmental decline and the simple, everyday actions citizens can take to protect nature.
Many among us...
Can Gurez Preserve Its Pastoral Economy and Agrarian Heritage Amid Rapid Change?
by Dr Suheel Rasool Mir
How Gurez Valley’s centuries-old farming and livestock traditions are adapting to tourism, development and a rapidly changing landscape.
Gurez Valley, popularly...
Why Are Kashmir’s Sikhs Quietly Migrating Away from Their Homeland?
by Dr Harjeet Singh
Despite deep roots in Kashmir, Sikh families are gradually migrating due to insecurity, limited opportunities, education concerns, and neglect
The Sikh community...
Is the World’s Next Football Story Playing Out in Kashmir?
by Sri Varshith Kumar Reddy E
Kashmir's grassroots obsession, and what it tells India about building a sporting nation from the ground up
The mountains above...
How Khamenei’s Assassination Is Redrawing the Shia-Sunni Fault Line?
by Asad Mirza
Khamenei's assassination sparked rare Shia-Sunni solidarity around Palestine, yet escalating Iran-Saudi tensions threaten lasting sectarian reconciliation
In the long, troubled geography of Muslim...
Briefing June 21-27, 2026
KULGAM
Around 500 high-density apple plants were axed by unidentified miscreants in Hatipora, Behibagh (Kulgam), causing losses estimated at over Rs 25 lakh to a...
Has the US-Iran War Ended in Strategic Defeat for Trump and Netanyahu?
by Arshin Adib-Moghaddam
The US-Iran ceasefire agreement suggests major war aims were abandoned, raising questions about American and Israeli strategic success.
What a disaster the war against...
Stones of Consequence
Kashmir's rocks hold records that belong not to one region or nation but to the entire human story, and that story is being erased
There...
Has Jammu & Kashmir Strengthened Its Own Tax Revenue Base Enough to Reduce Dependence...
by Ruqaya Akhter
Jammu and Kashmir's tax revenues have grown substantially, but the region remains grant-dependent and trails major states in fiscal strength
Own Tax Revenue...
Can Israel’s Lebanon Offensive Derail the Emerging US-Iran Peace Deal?
by Asad Mirza
Israeli strikes in Lebanon have disrupted US-Iran peace talks, exposing deep disagreements and threatening a fragile regional settlement.
A fragile diplomatic breakthrough between...
Kashmir’s Songs Never Finished
A debut novel frames Kashmir's trauma and displacement through intimate human stories, recovering a culture's lost melody in three chapters of winter, writes Mehreen...
