Kashmir Life
Decaying Literary Culture
Muhammad Maroof Shah
Kashmiri literature has witnessed a paradigmatic shift in orientation in last century which has been further accentuated in last two decades as...
Briefing
ZIMBABWE
First Kashmiri cricketer in Team India Parvez Rasool was kept busy on benches as the team won the five one-day series. It triggered a...
Topper With A Cause
He wanted to be an IITian but his father had some other plans for him. Haroon Rasheed Bhat, from Poshpora village who recently topped...
Decontrol Travel
Though fundamental to the life in civilized world, the passport has become a rare document for the Muslims living in India’s Muslim majority state....
Rebellious Robbers
Three ‘thieves’ brought together by fate became saviors of poor when Dogra’s ruled Kashmir. Junaid Nabi Bazaz, revisits some of the interesting incidents that...
Stop Selling Orphan
We are known by the words we keep our association with. Words not only represent us but these depict our inner selves. Experimental evidence...
TOSAMAIDAN: Waste Land
Tosa Maidan, a beautiful meadow converted into firing range by army during 60s became death trap for scores of locals as unexploded shells lay...
News Notes
CRACKED Complacency!
Both state and union government’s complacency on “improved” situation in J&K jolted in the monsoon session of Parliament, when figures suggest “everything is...
Quote
'Abdullah once told me that he could have become the Prime Minister if his party had sided with Pakistan after Independence. He should have...
News Makers
ARRESTED:
Police have arrested two drug peddlers and recovered 20 kgs of poppy straw from their possession at Janglote Morh after they were found moving...
Mehmeet Syed
Just three music albums in her kitty, Mehmeet Syed, 27, a singer from Srinagar has sought national award, much to the surprise of music...
Model in Mountains
At seven his father became part of Kashmir’s surging collateral damage and at 14 he was formally admitted to an orphanage. Nine years later,...
Fasting Fare!
Across the world holy month of Ramadan brings with it some specific delicacies that keep the faithful in good spirits and health. Apart from...
Palate blues
Arshid Malik
It has been quite a stigmatizing streak for me; five years in a row and I have not had tasted “Wazwaan” once. Even...
THE SCARLET PLUM
As plum season coincided with the holy month of Ramadan this year, the soft, sweet and sour fruit is fading fast from the shelves....
