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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
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Kashmir Life

Shashikumar Velath

“It is disappointing. We tried to approach Omar Abdullah over revocation of PSA but...

Amnesty International Director, Programs (India), Shahshikumar Velath and campaigner, Sanhita Ambast, tell JEHANGIR ALI that the J&K government is falsifying the age of children...

Karewa Craftsmen

Pampore is usually associated with the costly spice Saffron. But it is rare public knowledge that a vibrant apparel cluster is fighting odds to...
Photo:Bilal Bahadur

Encroaching Every Inch

In Kashmir, the land is not only the last symbol of identity but also the only of the most paying sectors for investment that...
Jammu Youth creating ruckus in JK Assembly being manhandled-Photo:Bilal Bahadur

A Desi BJP Emerges!

The trio that grabbed headlines in Kashmir by breaching the privilege of the state legislature was actually announcing the arrival of a new party...
A squad of Former Militants from Baramulla-Photo:Sameer Yasir

Chasing A Mirage

A group of Baramulla youth crossed over to Pakistan in 1990 to receive arms training. One of them was Tariq. After 22 years, Tariq...

Benefit of doubt

Most of the accused including the pimp and her alleged clients were exonerated by a designated CBI court in Chandigarh to which the sensational...

A Marriage, a Tragedy

It was a tragedy of immense proportions. A family in Srinagar’s Bemina locality was busy in preparations for a marriage ceremony when their house...
An undated photograph showing the village elders in a discussion.

Caring For Elderly

by Adfar Shah Yet another International Day of Older Persons passed unobserved. The state of the elderly in the valley reflects the declining societal response...

The Black Sheep

Kashmir produces seven million kg of wool a year but lacks the capacity to process even one per cent of it. Sold at throwaway...

In Good Faith

by R S Gull Ever since its transition to Islam, Kashmir has remained very sensitive toward what is being talked about its faith. One of...

The Jungle Lover

When the boys of his age were playing with toys, Nazir Malik was observing the behaviour of birds that were fed by his mother...

Dangers of Democracy

Panchayati Raj Institutions were peddled to usher Kashmir in a new era of gross root development but the mysterious assassinations  triggered mass resignations and...
Thajiwas-Photo:Bilal Bahadur

The Vanishing Thajiwas

The environmental concerns are mostly focused on the twin tracks leading to the Amarnath cave in Kashmir. But few people are aware that the...
Suhail Ahmad Dar with his mother-Photo:Sameer Yasir.

21 Years Later

Way back in 1991, a fateful woman was abandoned in Jaipur by her careless Kashmiri husband , who took away their infant son and...

“Valley of Saints has raised awareness about Kashmir”

After winning awards, and hearts, across the world, New York-based Kashmir-born, film director, Musa Syeed’s debut movie Valley of Saints is set to open...