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Kashmir Life

Lawless Law

While the state government has been calling for repealing of AFSPA, it has generally evaded debates on PSA over which it has all the...

Fighting disease with technology

Khyber Medical institute has introduced some latest cardiac procedures in Kashmir, where experts say 12 percent of the population above 30 may be suffering...

Wedded to wood

Lolab, literally the waters of love, is one of the most beautiful places in Kashmir inhabited by beautiful, hardworking people mired in tradition and...

The only job

Almost all the young men of a forest village in Baramulla district indulge in timber smuggling, while the dealers make huge profits they continue...

Lost course

The rivulet with gushing milky white clean waters has given way to a stinking seawage drain and some government offices, malls, and residential colonies...

Unbridgeable

  The famous wooden bridges of Valley added to uniqueness of the Kashmir’s architecture and have served people for centuries. Aliya Bashir reports. Wood was the...

The Disconnect

Many historic routes connect Kashmir to the outside world. It has been an important place on the silk route but the political changes in...

Too heavy to take along

Food adulteration was unheard of in Kashmir as every household would prepare spices themselves, even husking of rice was done in homes. With the...

The faded king

Kashmiri craftsman used to make the best Shahtush shawls – considered one of the finest fabrics in the world. A ban on trade of...

Grand Canal

A canal coming from Ganderbal would once supply water for ablutions at the Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, and feed fields in its path. Hardly...

Dried Up

Once witnessing a huge inflow of migratory, many of Kashmir’s wetlands have dried up. Ikhlaq Qadri reports.   At least seven wetlands have lost into...

Walaykum Salam Ladishah Drav

Confined to radio and television studio’s Ladhishah were once the popular street performers, enriching Kashmir with satire and humour. Aliya Bashir reports Asalaam Malaiqum Ladishah...

Missing paper trail

The art of producing one of the most long lasting and durable paper was mastered in Kashmir much before the advent of paper mills....

Hay days

A few strings of straw woven to make slippers were common footwear, not so long ago. Waseem Ahad reports. Whenever Mohammad Akbar Pala, 70,...

Rangarajan III

Rangarajan committee has submitted its report on employment generation in J&K. Will the recommendations see implementation or will it meet the same fate as...