Kashmir Life
For a mini Population
SUMOOR 1993
A major part of the energy needs of Nubra Valley are met by Sumoor mini hydel project, however, its freezing cold puts the...
A Design Perfected
Using the same resource again and again is a good idea. The PDC has done a fine job by running three power stations on...
The Ganderbal Lights
Quite a few machines, having outdated and obsolete technology and no spares and knowledge support, have run for 57 years without interruption. That is...
No odd jobs
A large migrant workforce comes to Kashmir every spring as many locals won’t take some jobs even when they are unemployed. Experts warn of...
The Mohra Marvel
Horse-carts drove the American turbines as the Afghan, Balti, and Punjabi labour force working under British engineers fought intermittent cholera attacks to create India’s...
IWT: Let The Treaty Survive, Updated
Amid demands of its abrogation and claims of massive losses to the state economy, J&K government has appointed a consultant to quantify the impact...
THEIN: A Dam Watered Down
As the Indus Water Treaty gave storage rights over three rivers to Pakistan, J&K could have somehow benefited from Ravi. But an agreement that lured...
Empowering Jammu and Kashmir
Eight reporters and lensmen travelled more than 5,000 km across remote belts in Ladakh, Kashmir and Jammu for 15 days to cover 24 powerhouses....
Major Avtar Singh
An erstwhile Haryana resident and a Major in the Territorial Army, Avtar Singh was on the run since his role in the brutal murder...
A Desire to Design
With the launch of Kashmir’s first designer clothing store at Raj Bagh, Zubair Kirmani, a Delhi-based Kashmiri designer, has made his entry into this...
Now Funds Flowing
After making them organise into associations and resorting to protests, the government overnight turned proactive. As the administration is tasked to ensure all transfers...
No fun in the run
When a young athlete wanted to protest against sports authorities, he ran – a 100 Km run. Umer Beigh meets the marathon runner who...
Sufism On, Extremism Gone
SHEHLA RASHID
Quite a few years back, it was politically fashionable to talk about “Kashmiriyat” – the simplistic assumption that Hindus and Muslims in Kashmir...
A General Difference
by Shujaat Bukhari
Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain is perhaps is the only Commander of Srinagar based 15 Corps in past 21 years whose departure...
New Mix At Kheer Bhavani
Kheer Bhavani came alive again last week with Kashmiri Pandits thronging the annual religious festival in good numbers. But as Bilal Handoo found out, it...
