Kashmir Life
Rambagh-Natipora: Can a Wider Road Finally Give Srinagar Back Its Time?
by Shaista Amin
Chronic congestion on the Rambagh-Natipora corridor highlights the need for widening that goes beyond asphalt, improving safety, emergency access, public transport, drainage...
Kashmir: Position Vacant
Jammu and Kashmir has over three lakh registered jobless while forty thousand government posts sit empty, exposing a broken recruitment machine.
For decades, the government...
What Does Gandhi’s Legacy Mean to India Today?
by Dr Zahid Iqbal Sheikh
Gandhi Jayanti offers an opportunity to examine Gandhi’s ideas on truth, non-violence, dialogue and human dignity, while acknowledging the complexities...
Has Brexit Delivered the Control Britain Was Promised?
by Asad Mirza
Andy Burnham’s EU rethink reopens Britain’s Brexit debate, confronting its economic costs, migration changes, trade barriers and political fallout while forcing Labour...
Has Jammu and Kashmir’s Assembly Put Political Theatre Ahead of the People’s Questions?
by Dr Jahanzaib Sirwal
Jammu and Kashmir’s latest Assembly session exposed a widening gap between political confrontation and public priorities, raising questions about legislative time,...
The War Literature
Except for the 1962 war with China, all of India’s major wars have been with Pakistan. In the aftermath of Operation Sindoor, a new...
Are We Losing the Skills That Once Made Us More Human?
by Dr Farooq A Lone
As AI transforms everyday tasks, are we allowing technology to weaken memory, navigation, writing, calculation, judgement and traditional knowledge, or...
What Is Worth Desiring?
by Shabeer Ahmad Lone
Human beings must learn to desire wisely: distinguishing need from excess, possession from participation, recognition from meaning, and ambition from appetite,...
Have You Ever Wondered Why Some Students Study More but Score Less?
by Ghulam Quadir Jeelani
Board evaluator Ghulam Quadir Jeelani shares practical examination tips on paper presentation, time management, handwriting, answer structure and daily writing practice...
Briefing September 27 -October 3, 2026
SRINAGAR
At an impressive launch at Amar Singh Club in Srinagar, Onaiza Drabu’s Penguin-published The Big Book of Kashmiri Literature brought together the city’s literary...
‘We Were Humiliated, Degraded’, Omar’s Statehood Speech
On September 28, 2026, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah delivered a passionate address to the legislative assembly regarding a formal resolution for...
Could a Routine Evening Have Turned Into a Fight for Survival?
by Arshdeep Singh
A journalist’s routine evening turned terrifying after his two-wheeler collided with a bear, leaving him injured and stranded, followed by a hospital journey...
Time for Cinema
Kashmir has a landscape, stories and talent of its own. The government should now build a cinema for Kashmiris first, and the world after.
Kashmir...
Kashmir’s Shamla
Shamla Mufti topped every examination she sat, and her in-laws felt embarrassed as her success became news. From Zaldagar girlhood in Srinagar to a...
Kashmir’s Lake Entrepreneur
Srinagar's Simran Irshad turns discarded Dal Lake grass into handmade crafts, creating green livelihoods for women while seeking government support to scale production, Mudasir...
