Kashmir Life
Tyndale Biscoe: An Unconventional Educator
After giving nearly 60 years to alter the course of Kashmir’s education, CE Tyndale Biscoe left the Vale reluctantly in 1947, only to live...
Why Does Entire Life Feel Like An Investment In Suffering?
by Ghulam Mohammad Khan
“We must suffer to the end, to the moment when we stop believing in suffering.”
Emile M Cioran
Remarkably, we possess the ability...
Briefing July 30 – August 5, 2023
MUHARRAM
Jammu and Kashmir government permitted Muharram 8 mourning procession in Srinagar after three decades. The procession starts at Guru Bazar and concludes at Dalgate...
Is Education Transformation the Key to Success in the 21st Century?
by Bhat Hilal
“The illiterate of the twenty-first century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and...
Kashmir’s Imambara’s Are Finest Specimens of Indigenous Architecture
by Syed Iliyas Rizvi
“To be honest with you, when I arrived in Kashmir, I immediately recognised the kindred relationship with the Central Asian Countries....
Chatlam’s Identity Crisis
Despite being distinct from almost every other wetland across Kashmir, Chatlam is off the radar. Host population believes that it can emerge as a...
Have The Schools And Colleges Become Obsolete?
by Er Sheikh Aaqib
Our classrooms prepare students for a world that no longer exists.
Does not it look ridiculous that a decades-long learning process engulfs...
Briefing July 23-29, 2023
FRANCE
During his recent Paris visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted a hand-knitted Kashmiri silk carpet to Yaël Braun-Pivet, President of the French National Assembly....
Why The BG 3rd Semester Results Did Not Surprise College Teachers?
by Safeer Ahmad Bhat
Presumably, creating and sharing reels on Instagram is more appealing to them than academics. Libraries and reading halls are empty and...
Like Father, Like Daughter
Muskan Fatima writes about the family of Prof Nooruddin, Kashmir’s first mathematician and the first VC of the University of Kashmir, most of whose...
Briefing July 16-22, 2023
SRINAGAR
After dripping Martyrs Day (July 13) as a public holiday post-2019, Lt Governor’s administration prevented a memorial function at Srinagar’s Martyrs Cemetery in Srinagar....
What Happens When Aladdin’s Lamp Meets ChatGPT?
by Hurmat Altaf
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution.”...
‘Our Molecule As A Potential Drug Showed Promising Results In Preventing Prostate Cancer’
Srinagar-born scientist, Dr Hanief Shahjee, provides insights into his research journey in chemistry, encompassing his PhD in bio-sciences and Post Doc in molecular biology...
Briefing July 9-15, 2023
Jammu and Kashmir Police booked 246 people in 180 cases under the NDPS Act in 2023. Thirty of them were slapped with Public Safety...
Improving Solar Cell
At almost every level, Kausar A Khawaja shifted his educational institutions and now he is pursuing his PhD at USA’s Arizona University. Mujtaba Hussain...
