Kashmir Life
Briefing March 19-25, 2023
AHMADABAD
In a situation where every visitor is first investigated by the security set-up before being permitted to the high offices, an Ahmadabad (Gujarat) resident...
Bucher’s Kashmir Papers
Though accessible to people in England, the Government of India continues to restrict access to a set of documents, the Bucher Papers that have...
March Maniacs
A chain of violent incidents within families and relationships dominated the first half of March. These crimes may have something to do with disturbed...
An Unfinished Shawl
A master craftsman died within months after a British organisation was awarded for the intricate design he displayed at an exhibition. Years later, his...
Briefing March 12-18, 2023
DODA
Within a fortnight after the Chief Secretary told the heads of departments to oversee what the government employees are doing on social media, the...
An Unfinished Shawl
HANDICRAFTS
Tag: Shawls
An Unfinished Shawl
A master craftsman died within months after a British organisation was awarded for the intricate design he displayed at an exhibition....
Kashmir’s Naqashi Printers
Even though modernity has overtaken the traditional arts associated with handicrafts, some specialities survived the onslaught. Mir Suneem reports the maze where a neglected...
Briefing March 5 -11, 2023
UNITED KINGDOM
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi while speaking at the prestigious Cambridge University said that he confronted militants during the Congress-led Bharat Jodo Yatra’s entry...
Arinmaal Staged Kashmir’s Afghan Era Poetess’s Love Story
by Maleeha Sofi
SRINAGAR: The curtains rose to the sound of water gushing and birds chirping, offering an idea of a serene spot lacking noise...
What Is Kashmir’s Wartav and Guli Myiuth?
by MJ Aslam
Wartav takes two shapes in the Kashmiri community: cash and kind. It can be either or both on given occasions depending upon...
The Kashmir Morels
Like carpets that Kashmir weaves but ill-affords for itself, the valley produces more than 25 tons of costly morels that sell at a cost...
What Is Gene Editing and Why It Is Very Important to Twentyfirst Century?
by Prof Riaz A Shah
Genome editing in livestock has the potential to bring about significant improvements in productivity, health, and welfare, but there are...
A Potato Culture
Working in SKUAST-K’s potato laboratory, a scholar was desperate for the MS media, a key ingredient for tissue culture but the lab lacked funds....
Briefing February 26 – March 4, 2023
KATHMANDU
The Shopian Sqay Association players have won medals in two championships, 14 gold and four silver medals at South Asian Sqay Championship and Tri-National...
Sher Bagh, Anantnag
Once upon a time, the garden was an address for peak summer bathing, swimming and prayers. Now, Sher Bagh is a place for a...
