Kashmir Life
The Year of Insomnia
Tasavur Mushtaq
A midnight message in December woke me from deep sleep. With half shut eyes, a blurred image of 2016 appeared on my cellphone...
Narrator of Pain
From the strife-torn Kashmir when Shahnaz Bashir came out with his woeful tale of the ‘half mother’, many reacted saying that a new spokesperson...
Fearing the Calendar
Arshid Malik
As the year 2015 slipped into 2016, around midnight I was minutely observing the ornamented traditional Kashmiri hookah or “Jejeer” sitting atop my...
Fighting Labels, Taking Control
Basharat Ali
The year 2015 has come to an end. This year, according to government sources, 79 youth joined militancy and about 100 ‘local’ and...
Workshop Wonder
The journey of an old city boy from his father’s mechanic workshop to Kashmir University’s Arabic department is pregnant with pain, passion and perseverance,...
Path Breakers
Three medical breakthroughs last year had a common Kashmiri thread in them. Be it brain tumour, AIDs or TB, Kashmiri researchers redefined the global...
Investment In Change
Investors are always on lookout for possibilities in a market. But in flood-devastated Kashmir that saw lot of investment across the sectors, three entrepreneurs...
The Kak Hut
As equations changed with time, the lodge housing the erstwhile Prime Minister of Kashmir was acquired by the man whose father happened to build...
2015 News Makers
KP in US
Year 2015 saw some Non-Resident Kashmiris (NRKs) ascend the glorious heights in the field of science. Kashmir-born Privahini Badroo secured the grant...
Letter From Editor
Had this special New Year publication included the politics of the place and its governance, it would have been completely different. Regardless of its...
Diabetes: An Underestimated, Misunderstood Disorder
As Kashmir is struggling with an increasing number of diabetic patients, Scholar Zeenat Farooq writes about the reasons, symptoms and measures to be taken...
State Flag: The High Court Judgement
On December 18, 2015, Justice (now retd.) Hasnain Massodi disposed off a petition filed by Abdul Qayoom Khan regarding hoisting of state flag alongside...
Two Super Fast Trains to Ply on Srinagar Banihal Track
Mohammad Raafi
SRINAGAR
In a first, Indian Railways is planning to run two superfast trains on Srinagar-Banihal track. The decision in this regard has already been...
Tremors Shake Valley, Again!
KL NEWS NETWORK
SRINAGAR
Mild tremors shook Kashmir Valley once again Saturday afternoon, drawing people in droves outside their residences and workplaces.
The intensity and the epicentre...
Pulwama Erupts After Friday Prayers
KL NEWS NETWORK
SRINAGAR
Police and paramilitary forces fired tear-smoke canisters and pellets to contain protesters who were raising memorial for the various militants slain during...
