Kashmir Life
Briefing
KUPWARA
In Kashmir, direct hits kill the same way, the stray bullets kill. However what was tragic was that the stray bullets hit two...
My Name is Defiance
Syed Suhail Yaqoob
Morning was insanely intoxicating. In Kashmir every morning is like that. Cool breeze flows into windows of houses, leaves dance on trees,...
Leech Legend
In times of latest medical technology available, an ancient method of curing disease through bloodletting is still considered the best alternative in treating many...
March 21: World Down Syndrome Day
Aamir Amin Nowshahri
Down syndrome is a chromosomal condition that can result in a variety of birth defects. It exists all across the globe and...
RTI @ Eight: A Review
by Er Irfan Banka
On March 20, 2017, the Jammu & Kashmir Right to Information Act 2009 completes its eighth year of enactment. 20th of...
Cashmere’s Dogra Taxation System
Robert Thorpe (1838- 1868) was a British soldier who was moved by the exploitation of the Dogra tyranny and penned Kashmir Misgovernment: An Account...
That Reading Room
It was just a small space that helped Kashmir’s well-read gentlemen to see a future in wake of Russian and French revolutions that got...
Wonder Girl
Despite back-to-back tragedies Mitali Dogra proved her worth as a gymnast at both national and international stage. Aakash Hassan reports her journey
In 1997, Madubala,...
Peace and Jobs
By: Khursheed Wani
On March 7, a sizeable number of youngsters gathered in the backyard lawns of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s official residence on Gupkar...
A Death Knock
One after another tragedies knocked at elderly Zaiba’s door leaving her at the mercy of her neighbours for survival. Aakash Hassan meets the family...
Briefing
PADGAMPORA
As thousands had assembled to bid adieu to the slain boy Amir Nazir who was killed in wake of an encounter in which two...
Mushtaq Ahmad Bhat
Witnessed by hundreds of awestruck passersby Mushtaq’s life came to an end in a very pathetic and painful way at Srinagar’s busy Budshah Chowk.
Mushtaq,...
A Radar Change
As India and Pakistan armies fought its first formal battle over Kashmir in 1965, a small village in Budgam paid the ultimate price. At...
Life in Colours
A fourth generation Rangar is struggling to save the traditional art of dyeing the yarn from onslaught of modernity and indifference. Jibran Nazir meets...
Thailand: Sea, Sand and Sunshine
By: Shams Irfan
As the airbus began to descend towards Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport, a mélange of hues: green, neon, grey, blue and red, started to...
