Kashmir Life
Briefing
SOPORE
Atiqa Bano, the lady behind Kashmir’s first private museum, Miras Mehal, breathed her last this week. Bano, a noted educationist, heritage activist and former...
Arzan Kakh
Pandits left and kept their keys with Muslims. Pandits who stayed back died and were cremated by Muslims. This all is reported already. But...
Press Council of India Report On J&K Media
Press Council of India (PCI) had constituted a sub-committee on December 19, 2014 to examine the Report of Interlocutors on Media and Media Scenario...
It is too dark
By Younis Kaloo
The day is as dark as night
No boundaries of windows, walls and corridors
In the beginning it is dark, so it is at length
Only...
Apple Eating Highway
As the government in Srinagar is gung-ho over a new highway that will traverse the foothills and connect a vast catchment, the crisis on...
Malwan’s Braid Choppers
Mysterious hair cutting incidents started in central India early this year and literally followed the road to Kashmir. Restricted to restive South Kashmir, Kulgam...
Kashmir’s UN Crisis
In autumn when the diplomats and top politicians from India and Pakistan go to the United Nations for long speeches blaming each other for...
Bequeathing Vision
For the first time in history, 13 blind or one-eyed patients underwent eye transplants in Srinagar’s SMHS hospital and started seeing again, some after...
Briefing
SRINAGAR
To counter “perceived negative portrayal of Kashmiris” by the Indian TV, Mehbooba Mufti released a 5-minute tourism film Warmest Place on Earth. The film,...
Public Health versus Health Care
by Zubair Lone
To keep its citizens healthy, governments generally use two modalities to provide holistic health services - public health and healthcare. To a...
Gandhi’s Only Kashmir Visit
by O P Sharma
Mahatma Gandhi, a symbol of non-violence, truth and moral values paid a 4-day historical visit to strategic and sensitive Jammu and...
Gandhi an Apostle of Peace?
by Peer Bilal Ahmad Baba
M K Gandhi, the ‘pioneer and apostle of peace’ was born 148 years ago on October 2, 1869. The young...
Muharram Massacre
Bilal Bahadur/ Mukhtar Zahoor
Srinagar
The first month of Islamic calendar, Muharram, is a sacred month. It symbolises the beginning of the Muslim New Year. The...
Kashmir: Global Warming
by Jalal Ud Din Baba
Since decade’s human kind on the planet earth has pursued unending war with Mother Nature, in particular with earth and...
Revive Asparagus
Perhaps one of the costliest vegetables that are a powerhouse of vitamins and antioxidants, the Paarglass cultivation can boost the cash crop sector, reports...
