Kashmir Life
Briefing July 13-19, 2025
HYDERABAD
In a major success against financial fraud, Jammu Kashmir Police have recovered and returned Rs 62 lakh to a Hyderabad-based businessman duped of Rs...
How Does Karbala Shape Kashmiri Piety?
by Iqbal Ahmad
Over time, things have changed. The growth of sectarian divisions and the spread of modern interpretations of Islam have affected traditional...
Are You Really Unique, or Just Falling for the Barnum Effect?
by Azra Hussain
Horoscopes and personality tests often exploit the Barnum effect, our tendency to believe vague, flattering statements, leading to false validation, manipulated perceptions,...
Kashmir’s Empowered Widows
Two widowed mothers in Kashmir, scarred by loss and hardship, found hope in the unlikeliest of places, a classroom and a cowshed. With steady...
Are Our Schools Ready for a Climate Crisis?
by Dr Suhail Naik
Education forms the bedrock of a nation’s future. It must not falter under the pressure of rising temperatures or deteriorating infrastructure....
Is Remembrance Still Sacred?
by Syed Zeeshan Jaipuri
Noha has moved into high production. There are visuals, sets, branded YouTube channels, premiere countdowns. The majlis is reduced to a...
Is Bharat Bandh a Disruption or a Democratic Reckoning?
by Suhail Farooq
The July 9 Bharat Bandh unites workers and farmers in a nationwide protest against labour reforms, privatisation, and economic exclusion, demanding dignity,...
Mehjoor Nagar: An Introduction
by Jasleen Kour
SRINAGAR: Mehjoor Nagar, a prominent locality in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, reflects the layered identity of the Kashmir...
Briefing July 6-12, 2025
JAMMU
A severe backlog has emerged at Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu after the Government suspended surgeries for gallbladder, appendix, and piles under the Ayushman Bharat Sehat...
Is Medical Debt Kashmir’s Silent Crisis?
by Dr Umar Majeed, Dr Aabid Nazir
Fear of medical bills leads many to avoid hospitals altogether. Minor conditions are allowed to worsen until they...
Make Reservations Fair
Merit is bleeding while the government dithers, but NEET waits for no one
With NEET counselling about to start, the delay in announcing a revised...
Can a Cup of Noon Chai Bring Back the Soul of a Lost Srinagar?
by Syed Majid Gilani
Noon Chai evokes a nostalgic portrait of old Srinagar, a warm, communal life rooted in tradition, simplicity, and shared kindness, now...
Is the World Addicted to War?
by Ghulam Mohammad Khan
This is the core logic of necropolitics. The poorest communities suffer the most, their deaths framed as necessary sacrifices for national...
Are We Outsourcing Our Minds?
by Dr Qudsia Gani
Leading professors of Physics at institutions such as Stanford and MIT in the United States, as well as at other distinguished...
What Makes July a Historically Significant Month for Kashmir?
by Mohammad Sayeed Malik
July marks three pivotal events in Kashmir's history: the 1931 Martyrs Day, Sheikh Abdullah's 1977 election, and Farooq Abdullah's 1984 overthrow...
