Kashmir Life

General Dalbir Singh Suhag

A 59-year-old Jat from Haryana who was involved in counter-insurgency operations in the Kashmir from July 2003 to March 2005 is the 26th chief...

“I think it is insidious what army is trying to do within Kashmir society”

Vrinda Grover, a New Delhi based lawyer, researcher, human and women’s rights activist tells Safwat Zargar that people of India will face consequences for...

JKLF’s Israel Blitzkrieg! 

The dramatic abduction and release of an Israeli tourist in early nineties by the ‘powerful’ Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) on ‘humanitarian grounds’...

Amity not Animosity

Mir Liyakat In Ramadan, Muslims throughout the world show unity and steadfastness under the banner of Islam irrespective of their geography and ethnicity. It’s the...

From Palestine to Kashmir

Arshid Malik Palestine. Oh! Palestine. Blood, tears and sweat mixed into one intangible mix drips down the face of the earth accumulating in a blotch at...

Dear Faithful Mutton Eater

Assalam-u-Alikum, After fasting for 15 hours a day in humid July’s scorching heat, everyone of us in Kashmir is genuinely busy managing the best feast...

The Breakup

Is NC and Congress’ split before state assembly elections going to help PDP and BJP in Kashmir and Jammu respectively?  Shah Abbas analyses how...

Briefing

SRINAGAR Omar Abdullah has made public that his father Dr Farooq Abdullah wouldn’t be contesting the forthcoming assembly elections. The reason is his health. Dr...

 Looking Back at Life

From once a famous television actress to a forgotten old lady living in penury, Pranna Shangloo has experienced all shades of life.  Nuzhat Mushtaq...

Kalvakuntla Kavitha

Mainstream political voices from Indian mainland are lately echoing the same views that plunged the Himalayan region in the quagmire of ‘unending conflict’. After...

Silence is Criminal

Shams Irfan What happened on 19th July, 2014 in Qaimoh, Kulgam was painful and criminal. But the way people in Kashmir, especially those seated in...

Baltal Blaze

For decades local Muslims fed and carried Hindus to the cave shrine. Now when non-local stakeholders started meddling with their livelihood, a crisis erupted....

Lifting Homes

What will you do if your house sinks in? Is it possible to lift it up? Inspired by a television series young entrepreneur starts...

Let’s not Forget

With holy month of Ramadhan in its last phase the air is already filled with festivities. After a month’s fasting people have now started...

News Notes

Quds Day Thousands of people marched on streets across Kashmir valley on International Quds Day, commemorated on the last Friday of Ramadan throughout the Muslim...