Kashmir Life
From HIBA [Shopian] To Inhabitants Of The Ephemeral World
Syed Mustafa Ahmad
Haji Bagh, Budgam
[email protected]
How can I see my mother?
She has the only concern to bother
I want to look at my father;
But lifelessness is...
Sketch by Muhammad Labeeb
Muhammad Labeeb
Class: UKG-H
School: Delhi Public School, Srinagar
Sketch by Huzaif Aijaz
Huzaif Aijaz
Class: 2nd
School: Hussaini Public School
Residence: Hajibagh, Budgam
What is the Internet?
by Azra Hussain
The internet is one of the many commodities that users often take for granted. Nobody ever questions its existence – it’s just...
Briefing
SHOPIAN
The debate about use of pellet guns is back after a 19-months-old Heeba Jan, a resident of Kaprin in Shopian, was shot with pellets...
Imran Khan
The decision to open the historic Kartarpur Sahab corridor for Sikhs living in India, who want to visit one of the most sacred places...
Hot Pursuit
The gun battles have kept Kashmir on the edge as 600 militants stand killed since the fateful Bamdoora encounter in 2016. The battles have...
Identity In Early Kashmir
A trained cultural historian, Dr Shonaleeka Kaul is currently an Associate Professor at the Centre for Historical Studies of the Jawaharlal Nehru University and...
A Flawed Decision
The change of nomenclature from Sadr-e-Riyasat to Governor was Jammu and Kashmir’s political disenfranchising. If the arbitrary attempts at classifying J&K Bank from a...
The Djinn Who Fell From The Walnut Tree
By Shabir Ahmad Mir
Up in the north, deep in the mountains, a two days trek on foot or a day’s on a mule back...
1984: Why Indira Dismissed Farooq?
Considered to be the watershed events in the democratic history of Kashmir, hugely elected Dr Farooq Abdullah led government was dismissed as 13 lawmakers...
Silent! For a Six month Unborn
Syed Mustafa Ahmad
Haji Bagh, Budgam
[email protected]
I listened, life is so sweet,
But now I am for a tweet
I cherished to remain on beat;
But wasn’t allowed to...
Life
Fahyeem ul nisa
Minto Circle School
I think in a blink
Don’t know how I summon up
In a gist of time
As you wave your hand
I felt the...
An Ageing Bazaar
A small Bijbehara market with narrow lanes and wooden shop lines shares its evolution and decline with Srinagar’s Maharaja Bazaar. The Jhelum River, the...
Enforced Break-Ups
The conflict continues breaking families and adding to the destitute population. Muhammad Younis meets three widows and their children who lost their main support...
