Kashmir Life
A Different Legacy
It was Sheikh Abdullah’s trusted man Bakshi Ghulam Ahmad who replaced him and erased his legacy, although marginally. Hafsa Kanjwal argues that New Delhi...
Yatra: A Tradition Compromised
Yearly Amarnath Yatra was small, quick affair that the government would facilitate with the help of clergy. It was S K Sinha, the shrine...
‘Inventing’ India
Muhammad Tahir
India’s standard official claim to Kashmir is tied to the instrument of accession signed in October 1947 by the fleeing Hindu ruler of...
Batmaloo 25
Despite its pro-boycott image Batamaloo is significantly important for both NC and PDP. While NC’s Irfan Shah is riding on his father’s legacy rival...
Briefing
BALTAL
It was just a squabble over the opportunities that the annual Hindu yatra throws up that triggered a huge crisis. A tent-owner resented a...
Panun Kart.com
Driven by the sense of creating a niche in online shopping, an engineering graduate from NIT Srinagar has come up with an online portal....
History and Mystery of Peer ki Gali
by Sunaina Malik
The name ‘Peer ki Gali’ indicates: it has some auspicious relevance. As the word ‘peer’ means a person devoted to religion, as...
Trafficking The Rules
Arshid Malik
People have complained about it, people have written about it, people talk about it, people are involved in it, people are disturbed by...
Let Us Organize
The biggest challenge that we face as a society today is the influx of a number of people, both locals and non-locals, who are...
The dying Chinar
By: Mir Liyakat Nazir
Jis khak ke zamir main ho aatishe Chinar
Mumkin nahin ki sard ho wo khaakee arjumand…
(The dust that has in its conscience...
Homecoming Pandits
BJP has made return of migrant Kashmiri Pandits focus of its Kashmir policy. As Omar Abdullah government is awaiting approval to its enhanced Rs...
Modigiri
Modi’s first visit to Kashmir as Indian PM left many riddles unsolved. From angry Pandits seeking separate homeland to separatists smelling conspiracy to state...
Is Your Medicine Fake?
With one out of five drugs fake in the market, it is the consumers who suffer. Qazi Zaid takes a look at the faulty...
13th July: Political Awakening
Mohammad Ismayeel
13th July, 1931, is most important day both historically as well as politically in the annals of Kashmir history. That day the struggle...
News Notes
For Gaza
Protests were held across the valley including Kashmir University over the killing of almost 100 civilians, including a large number of children, in...
