Kashmir Life
‘Distortions in (Kashmir) narratives often served the interests of rulers’
Khalid Bashir Ahmad explains his Kashmir: Exposing the Myth behind the Narrative
KASHMIR LIFE (KL): What could be the reasons that the “untruths” you have...
Prelude to 35A
A God forsaken country, located deep into Himalayas, Kashmir would play host to anybody and everybody. Criminals, deserters, rebels and preachers – people with...
Chain Kooks
Son of a businessman, Nasir Amin studied management and then opted to create his own food chain in south Kashmir that is now run...
Briefing
PULWAMA
J&K Bank, state’s main financial power house, has finally rehabilitated the family that was devastated after their young girl died within an hour after...
Freny Manecksha
‘Behold, I Shine,’ a book written by Freny Manecksha, an independent journalist who has reported extensively from Kashmir, covering human rights and development issues,...
Between Two Deaths
When the counter-insurgency grid finally confirmed that the salt-and-pepper man slain in a dusky Shopian village was Yasin Itoo, they knew it was extra-ordinary....
Editorial
Industry Incentives
In the various debates revolving around GST implementation in J&K, apprehensions were expressed by the industry regarding continuation of tax exemptions, available to...
Reengaging Kashmir?
By Khursheed Wani
Contrary to his 2016 speech on August 15, Prime Minister Narendra Modi this time spoke directly about Kashmir and the plight of...
‘Your son has joined the rebel ranks’: Call returns
Majid Manzoor
Shopian
Line of mourners stretch out of door of Ghulam Muhammad Sheikh near a hillock of orchards in Maldaira, some 13 kilometers from district...
Voices of Despair
Pahalgam was apparently crowded because of the pilgrims in July but Umar Khurshid moved away from the road to talk to the stakeholders in...
Overtaken
In 1994, an auto driver was beaten by cops. More than two decades later, he is literally paralysed and even lacks control over his...
Dancing Diva
Her father came to Srinagar as a tourist but could not go back. Before he passed away, he told his daughter to teach the...
AK 90
Amjad Khan was an engineering graduate when he obliged his parents and flew to US for further studies. Holding a responsible position in the...
Editorial
Vikas’s Flip Side
Development, off late, has become a buzz word for governments in Delhi and Srinagar. The present dispensation at the centre came to...
Conflicts Within
By Khursheed Wani
On August 9, three militants armed with two automatic rifles and a pistol, were passing through Wonibatu, a Tral village, that Sheikh...
