Kashmir Life
Kashmir: Making Every Birth Count
Despite improved neonatal outcomes, Kashmir must strengthen peripheral childcare and integrate public and private systems to ensure equitable, timely newborn survival.
Kashmir’s steady decline in...
What Do Jammu’s Twin Lakes Reveal on a Winter Ride from Kashmir?
by Dr Nisar Farhad
A winter motorcycle journey from Pulwama to Mansar–Surinsar uncovers how mythology, ecology and belief quietly shape sacred landscapes in Jammu beyond...
Are We Living Our Own Lives, Or Merely Surviving The Ones We Inherited?
by Javaid Ahmad Lone
A meditation on burnout, conformity, and quiet withdrawal, using a lone penguin to mirror humanity’s exhaustion with performance, repetition, and...
Are Kashmiri Students Redefining Their Future Through Changing Mindsets?
by Talha Ibrahim Bhat
Kashmiri students are moving beyond traditional careers, embracing skills, digital exposure, and innovation while navigating unemployment, social pressure, and limited guidance...
Why Do Lawyers, the Backbone of Justice, Remain Without Comprehensive Welfare Protection?
by Suhail Gaznavi
Despite their central role in delivering justice, most Indian lawyers lack pensions, insurance, and infrastructure support, exposing deep policy neglect that threatens...
‘This Is A Novel About Living Under Suspicion And Refusing To Be Defined By...
In an email interview with Azra Hussain, Kashmir-born British novelist Mirza Waheed discusses how Maryam & Son approaches terrorism through a mother’s perspective, foregrounding...
What Did Davos 2026 Reveal About a World in Transition?
by Gayle Markovitz, Maxwell Hall and Kate Whiting
Davos 2026 exposed a fractured global order, tentative new deals, AI-driven anxiety and faith in dialogue, as...
Are Sympathy, Empathy, and Compassion the True Measure of Being Human?
by Mursaleen Bashir
An exploration of sympathy, empathy, and compassion as the foundations of humanity, illustrated through history, faith, and personal reflection, emphasising mercy, wisdom,...
A Tale Untold
In a world defined by political turmoil and uncertainty, Mirza Waheed’s Maryam & Son, his first novel set outside Kashmir, follows the story of...
Why Does Attitude Matter More Than Aptitude in the Civil Services?
by Dr Farooq A Lone
As civil services results are declared, this HR-based reflection explains why attitude, integrity, determination and humility matter more than knowledge...
Who Was Zamir Ahmed Bhat, The Professor Who Taught Us Life?
by Syed Asim Hashmi
Zamir Ahmed Bhat, lovingly called “The Professor,” was a rare intellectual and humane soul whose ideas, faith, and friendships continue to...
Does an Enhanced India–EU Partnership Strengthen a Fractured World?
by Asad Mirza
India and the EU finalise a landmark FTA and security pact, cutting tariffs, boosting trade and investment, and signalling stability amid global...
Why Does Kashmir Still Import Eggs Despite Rising Demand for Protein?
by Akhter Ruqaya
Despite rising demand and higher prices, Jammu and Kashmir’s egg production has stagnated for two decades, forcing heavy imports, draining the local...
Briefing January 25-31, 2026
DODA
A government assistant professor in Doda was suspended, and a high-level inquiry was ordered after a 19-year-old college student allegedly died by suicide following...
When Did the News Stop Informing and Start Preparing Us to Feel?
by Junaid Rashid Lone
A quiet, unsettling portrait of how television news gradually shifts from information to emotional conditioning, normalising control, fear, and compliance without...
