Kashmir Life
Buta Malik Lives!
After a formal Board took over the management of the yearly Amarnath yatra, stakeholding of Purohits, Mahant’s and the Maliks’ of Batakote was over....
Shabir Ahmad Salaria
They say ‘remembrance is resistance’. This is the first line that must have ringed through the conscientious minds of Jammu and Kashmir when media...
Nowhatta Nightmare
Every time Kashmir is on protest, areas surrounding the historic Jamia Masjid are under curfew. Once restrictions are over, tensions pile up making police...
Stray bullet
By Sheikh Nissar
Stray bullet
Drove me to death
Through the gates of heath
Softly stole my breath
Piercing my tender heart
In a single jot
That was my best part
It is...
Explaining Traeth
When the deadly dark clouds burst into bangs, these actually are big bangs for some people because they have to recreate their lives later,...
The Conversation
When Amarnath pilgrims from different cultures, economic backgrounds and languages ride a horse in Chandanwari or hire a Palki to the cave, they stay...
Editorial
Amarnath tragedy
Kashmir, in a way, has been into mourning for a long time now. It has already a generation of its population in its...
Mehmood-Ur-Rehman
Mehmood-Ur-Rehman
(1942-2017)
Mehmood-Ur-Rehman breathed his last on Friday (July 07) evening, and the news of his death found front page space in Kashmir.
Rehman, a native of...
New Kung Fu Star
For most of his childhood, he dreamed about martial arts. Finally, when he landed in Uttarakhand for his post-graduation, Faheem Malik got an academy...
Briefing
UTTAR PARDESH
Police are investigating Sandeep Kumar Sharma, a resident of Muzzafarnagar. Arrested from south Kashmir, Kumar is termed a Lashakr operative, who operated under...
In pictures: 8 best designed Cafés in Srinagar
The Café culture has finally found its way into Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar. However, unlike some traditional Café’s, mostly owned by hoteliers, these new...
Avoid Mob Takeover
By: Muhammad Tahir
Back in the late 2000’s, I read an interesting book by William Ury The Third Side (1999). An anthropologist and a...
The Beggar I met
Next time you come across a young lady with disfigured face seeking alms, stop for a moment to listen to her woes. Zubair Sofi...
An open letter to the people of India
Dear all
I am a Kashmiri student of psychology. While studying the topic of resistance to persuasion, I came across this: “Few of us like...
Briefing
BARAMULLA
A Kashmiri man, who was serving Territorial Army, and posted in Gantmulla, has decamped with his service rifle. A resident of Pulwama, Zahoor Ahmad...
