Kashmir Life

David Kaye

Once again, the United Nation’s Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression David Kaye is in news for his stand on freedom of...
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Slaying At Sirnoo

Seven civilians were killed after an encounter in Pulwama saw the killing of three militants and an army man in an apple orchard hideout....

Are Kashmiris Not Indian Citizens?

by Nazir Masoodi During the 2010 civilian unrest in Kashmir, an all-party delegation led by the Home Minister P Chidambaram visited the Valley to reach...

Why Government Does Not Care About Its Own Environment Policy?

by Athar Parvaiz After dithering over it for years, the Department of Forest, Ecology, and Environment uploaded the draft of State Environment Policy (SEP) 2018...

KAS Results: Why Blackmail, Why Fear?

by Zeeshan Khan Ideally, I should be preparing for my KAS interview and not writing this piece. But I am not. Instead, I am forced...

Spiritual Flight

Irfan Ali Minto circle, senior secondary school I’ll soak my eyes in rose sap To praise for him, who is in creator’s lap In the attire of love,...

I Am A Part Of You

by: Mohammad Sabeel School: Green Valley Educational Institute Though my eyes may never struck with the glory of your beauty, With the golden threads of your iris,...

Room Of My Dreams

Mohd Hanief In my home are multiple rooms But only single is full of my dreams That is the room that conceal my secrets That is the garden...

Sketch by Jannat

Name: Jannat Class: 5th

Vitamin D Story

by Zeenat Farooq Vitamin D or the sunshine vitamin is a vitamin sub-type under the class of Fat-Soluble Vitamins. It is a complex poly-hydroxy sterol...

Virtual Crime: What Is Myth and What is Reality?

In the concluding part of the 3-part series on internet, Azra Hussain writes about the double edged weapon of anonymity that state and non-state actors...

An Amir Memory

After reading two books, he gave up a lucrative teacher’s job, which was the lone source of his income to feed a large family....

Growing With Grannies

As more and more women prefer white collar jobs to stay liquid and contribute to the family wellbeing, a new generation is growing either...

Briefing

ZAINPORA After a series of encounters last week, militants attacked a police picket guarding a cluster of homes at Zainapora in Shopian, where minority community...

‘The Day of Exile’

“You may embarrass yourself. Writers usually take years before starting to write this book,” Deeksha, the daughter, told her father Bill K Koul, when...