Kashmir Life
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...
Did a Buddhist Sculpture Preserve an Ancient Eastern Birth Culture?
by Iqbal Ahmad
A rare Kushan-era sculpture from Pandrethan depicts Buddha’s birth and reflects the ancient tradition of childbirth at parental homes.
Although in the Kashmir...
Can Love, Loss and Fate Define a Life?
by Rayees Ahmad Kumar
A moving review of Pehchan Aansoo Ki, exploring love, heartbreak, cancer, human values, and the emotional complexities of life.
Rafia Rasool Magmoom...
Should Merit-Based Employment Be Turned Into a Political Spectacle?
by Umair Ul Umar
Merit-based employment should celebrate individual achievement, not political publicity, preserving dignity, fairness, and recognition of hard-earned success.
There was a time when...
Delhi’s Kashmir Teacher
A Kashmiri scholar trained the men who built India's most influential seminary, shaped its 1857 uprising, and defined its Islamic intellectual tradition, but history...
Before We Know God, Must We Undo the One We Invented?
by Syed Ahfadul Mujtaba
A comparative exploration of Sartre, Attar, and Bulleh Shah, examining whether humans create God to escape freedom, ego, and loneliness.
Jean-Paul Sartre...
Can the US-Iran Peace Deal End Decades of Hostility?
by Asad Mirza
A new US-Iran peace framework reduces immediate war risks but leaves unresolved nuclear, regional and political disputes threatening durability.
The framework peace agreement...
Muzaffarabad Unrest 1.3
For the third time in three years, Muzaffarabad is on the streets seeking the undoing of a peculiar democracy that does not serve the...
Who Are the Dards and Can Their Culture Survive Modernity?
by Dr Ajaz Afzal Lone
One of the most significant strengths of this work lies in its thoughtful exploration of the contemporary lives of the...
How Did Iran Turn the Tables on the US and Israel Despite Three Months...
by Jim Lamson and Matthew Moran
Despite severe military losses, Iran exploited strategic vulnerabilities, imposed economic costs, and survived politically, gaining leverage over adversaries.
After three...
