Kashmir Life
Kashmir’s English Press
Successive rulers before and after 1947 have remained reluctant in encouraging English journalism in Jammu and Kashmir. Fighting odds, restrictions and outright denial of...
Briefing April 30-May 6, 2023
POONCH
Jammu and Kashmir Police have detained six persons after questioning nearly 200 people in Poonch following April 22, attack on an army vehicle in...
Earthquakes: What Should Kashmir Do?
We must retrofit and audit the existing infrastructure to ensure that they are able to withstand seismic forces, and we must change our construction...
Can Scientists Predict A Particular Earthquake?
University of Washington professor of seismology and geohazards Harold Tobin who also heads the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, explains the differences between predicting and forecasting earthquakes
In...
NIA Court Issues Proclamation Order Against JeM Commander
SRINAGAR:National Investigation Agency Court Pulwama on Tuesday issued Proclamation order under section 82 CRPC in respect of a designated militant and an active militant...
Maeshi Kreaj: Kashmir’s Butter Bread
Buffalo herdsmen convert milk into sundried cheese that is stored, cooked and sold as a speciality, explains MJ Aslam
Unlike Kashmir plains, the hills of...
Briefing April 23-29, 2023
POONCH
In anticipation of preparations for the G20 meeting in Kashmir, suspected militants targeted an army vehicle killing five of the six soldiers. The surviving...
Khawaja Saududdin Shawl (1873-1955)
In Kashmir tehreek against the despotic Dogra rule, one of the major characters was businessman, Khawaja Sauddin Shawl, whose contribution is least known and...
Briefing April 16-22, 2023
NOWHATTA
Amid the din that Kashmir is normal, authorities locked the Jamia Masjid Srinagar for Jummat-ul-Vida, the last Friday congregation for Ramazan, the Muslim month...
Tengpora Slum
Driven by poverty and the hunt for livelihoods, a group of Nagrota families is living near Batamaloo in a tented slum to make a...
Islam’s Informal Kashmir Era
Kashmir’s transition to Islam was neither the outcome of a forced conversion nor an abrupt miracle by any saint. It was a gradual process...
Evolution of Kashmir’s Printing Press
It took a long time to undo the government’s monopoly over the printing press. Scholar Nayeem Showkat details the evolution of the printing facility...
Kashmir’s Bone Setters
Till orthopaedics graduated as a key biological science, Kashmir, like many other societies, would get its bone corrections from the bone setters. Nidah Mehraj...
Briefing April 9-15, 2023
SRINAGAR
Administrating is in a fast-forward mode to ensure a successful third G20 tourism working group meeting in Kashmir between May 22 and 24. Deliberations...
Gurus: The Kashmir Drink
A by-product in traditional butter making, buttermilk has been the most consumed drink in Kashmir for centuries. With machines taking over the skimming and...
