Kashmir Life
High-Altitude Unrest
High-Altitude Unrest
Violence in Ladakh highlights unresolved local demands and the urgent need for inclusive negotiations
The unrest in Ladakh in late September 2025 underscores the...
Who Speaks for the Gujjars of Jammu and Kashmir?
by Barkat Hussain
According to the 2011 Census, 69.35 per cent of Gujjars remain illiterate.
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In March 2025, while conducting ethnographic fieldwork, I arrived in...
How Does Exploitation Shape Perception?
by Aamir Altaf
Every Kashmiri student, artisan, and professional striving for dignity becomes a suspect. Our identity, once a source of pride, is being devalued.
The journey...
Can Kashmir Save Its Chinars?
by Abdul Wajid Parray
With approximately thirty-three thousand Chinars still standing, they may together absorb an estimated 1,650 metric tons of carbon dioxide and release...
Are Rohingya Refugees Testing International Resolve?
by Vibhu Mishra
More than eight years after over 750,000 Rohingya Muslims fled Myanmar for sprawling camps in Bangladesh, the crisis remains unresolved. On Tuesday,...
What Are The Five Big Problems With Trump’s Gaza Plan?
by Ian Parmeter
Trump-Netanyahu 20-point Gaza plan offers a timely, flawed roadmap: trust deficit, asymmetry, vague implementation, West Bank omission and Israel’s hard-right cabinet and...
What Happened to Our Pir Vaer?
by Bareeza Rasheed
Choosing modesty in place of shamelessness. These choices may seem ordinary, but together they can revive a society.
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There was once a land...
Can Jammu Kashmir’s Economy Survive 2025?
by Navaid Runyal
From the April Pahalgam attack to the September floods, 2025 has been one of the harshest years in recent memory for Jammu...
What Is Donald Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan?
by Asher Kaufman
The latest US-sponsored peace plan for the Middle East was unveiled at the White House on September 29, 2025, and immediately accepted...
Briefing September 28 – October 4, 2025
PAHALGAM
The Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested Mohammad Yousuf Katari, 26, from Kulgam in connection with the Pahalgam massacre of April 22, which killed 26...
Should You Marry With Open Eyes or a Blind Heart?
by Syed Majid Gilani
Marriage requires careful observation of character, family, and mutual respect; love, honesty, and choice are essential for a peaceful, lasting union.
My...
How Does Majeed Masroor Keep Kashmir’s Cultural Spirit Alive?
by Rayees Ahmad Kumhar
Kashmiri poet Majeed Masroor blends lyrical beauty with social reform, his book Parvaaz-i-Shaoor guiding youth through culture, morality, and identity
Back in...
Kashmir: A Wheel of Hope
by Nawshaba Iqbal
SRINAGAR: Pottery, once an essential part of Kashmiri households, is now fighting for survival. Across districts, potters say demand for earthenware has...
Does Trump Want to Reclaim Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan?
by Asad Mirza
Bagram, now under Taliban control, has become a symbol of their victory.
President Donald Trump has fired a fresh salvo from his wish...
Rotten Meat in Kashmir’s Waters: Can We Save Our Lifelines?
by Ruhail Maqbool Sheikh
If rivers and lakes continue to be treated as dumping grounds, we will surrender health, livelihoods, and the future of our...
