Kashmir Life
How Climatic Change Is Impacting Ladakh’s Apricot?
by Avidha Raha
Erratic precipitation is affecting a crop central to the Indian region’s economy, livelihood and culture for generations
Nusrat Rehman can’t wait to be...
Is Iran Building a Dual-Strait Strategy to Control Global Maritime Trade?
by Asad Mirza
Iran is expanding its influence across Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb through proxy groups, raising concerns over global trade, energy security, and India's...
Jammu Kashmir Statehood
Kashmir's civil society has endorsed the National Conference's demand for the restoration of full statehood soon.
Jammu and Kashmir continues to live under an unusual...
Does Donald Trump Have Any Winning Option Left Against Iran?
by Greg Barton
Iran's leverage over the Strait of Hormuz has exposed the limits of US military power, raising fears of wider escalation, economic disruption...
Can Kashmir Become India’s Reading Capital?
by Mir Altaf
The Chinar Book Festival offers Kashmir an opportunity to build a year-round reading culture, strengthen literary traditions, promote translation, and emerge as...
Is Kashmir Ready for the Quick Commerce Revolution?
by Dr Iqra Shafi Bhat
Quick commerce promises convenience in Kashmir but challenges traditional retailers, consumer behaviour, labour conditions, and the Valley's evolving retail economy
Quick...
Are We Mistaking Drug Addiction for Drug Trafficking?
by Anzar Ul Aijaz
Understanding the distinction between drug addiction and trafficking promotes justice, compassionate treatment, public health, effective prevention, rehabilitation, and human dignity.
One of the...
Is Kashmir’s Unprecedented Heat Wave a Wake-Up Call on Climate Change?
by Munazah Fayaz
Kashmir's unprecedented heat wave signals accelerating climate change, threatening water resources, agriculture, tourism, biodiversity, public health, and the Valley's future
Kashmir has always...
How Srinagar’s Building Bylaws Penalise Small Property Owners?
by Faisal Kawoosa
AI simulations expose hidden inequities in Srinagar's new building bylaws, demonstrating why predictive policy testing should precede implementation.
As a data analyst, my...
How Did the Mughals Shape the Tradition of Calligraphy in Kashmir?
by Iqbal Ahmad
Mughal patronage fostered Kashmir's calligraphic excellence, leaving a lasting legacy in manuscripts, coins, inscriptions, and celebrated master calligraphers
The skill of decorative writing...
Nigeen Lake: An Introduction
Away from Dal's bustle, Nigeen Lake offers Srinagar's tourists stillness, mirror-clear water, colonial history, and centuries-old lakeside neighbourhoods, writes Lilac Ali
Dal Lake has long...
Why Students In Kashmir Are Walking Away from Education?
by Javaid Ahmad Lone
Declining enrolment reflects students' fading faith in education as weak job prospects, flawed recruitment systems and economic uncertainty erode its purpose.
There...
Briefing July 12 – 18, 2026
MUMBAI
Bollywood actor Huma Qureshi's visit to Srinagar to promote Baby Do Die Do turned into a celebration of her Kashmiri roots, with the actor...
Has India’s Examination Crisis Become a Humanitarian and Social Justice Issue?
by Midhat Majeed
Examination failures, paper leaks, and administrative lapses devastate students, deepen inequality, undermine merit, erode public trust, and demand urgent reforms
Imagine sleeping for...
Is China’s New Ethnic Unity Law Institutionalising the Erasure of Minority Identities?
by Asad Mirza
China's new ethnic unity law institutionalises assimilation, threatening minority identities while drawing international criticism over rights, culture, and transnational repression
The Law on...
