Kashmir Life
Cricketing Dream
A wicket on the third delivery in a local cricket tournament silenced Iqra Rasool’s critics for good. Mohammad Abu Bakar tells her story of...
Invoking Religion
By: Khursheed Wani
In next two weeks, Mehbooba Mufti is completing her first year as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. During this period...
Brides for Sale
There are hundreds of non-local brides in Kashmir. While some marry on their own and live happily, a huge number of them are lured,...
Briefing
Hong Kong
Javed Dar, who works as a photojournalist with China’s official news agency Xinhua was awarded outstanding employee of Xinhua News Agency for...
Traffic Cop
A recent video of a traffic cops asking for bribe is doing rounds on social media sites. But the incident is not an isolated...
Food on the Go
Not everybody can afford glitzy restaurants and fast food joints that now dot Srinagar city. There are thousands who still throng city’s famous Food...
Change of Heart
Despite a difficult childhood and lifelong disability Riyaz A Wani established himself as a professional singer. But then everything seemed out-of-sync as he had...
Hair to Stay
For this smart-phone generation the world is just a click away, literally. So are the latest trends in hairstyles. Aakash Hassan tries to understand...
Stinking Sopore
Once famed for its apple orchards and pristine streams, Sopore town is fast turning into a literal dustbin. Of nine metric tons of waste...
Fashionable Walk
The decision to open a multi-brand showroom after earning an MBA in UK met resistance from friends and family. But Adnan, a part-time model,...
Drawing Blanks
By: Khursheed Wani
Holding elections to get a group of legislators and parliamentarians is not new in Kashmir, nor is the effort of the pro-freedom...
Touseef Mustafa
The picture of a sub-inspector trying to strangulate a senior photojournalist testifies what media persons have to go through in a place like Kashmir....
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...
