Kashmir Life
Are We Educated Enough!
by Arshad Malik
Erudition in terms of education is the primary construct for a growth-oriented and progressive society and humans turn out to be...
Sucking the disease out
An age-old method of cure by sucking impure blood, leech therapy has now entered medical textbooks. Hospitals in Kashmir too use this method for...
HIV Enters Schools
The growing incidence of HIV infection in J&K has been an open secret for some time, but now the monster has extended its reach...
‘Judiciary needs scrutiny’
There is more to it than meets the eye. Ashok Agrwaal, a prominent Supreme Court lawyer who authored the SAFHR’s report on writ of...
A Spark of Genius
Young people in Kashmir are putting their creative genius to use and innovating products to mechanise day to day activities. Hamidullah Dar narrates the...
Nailing A Demon
In a system where human rights are violated with impunity, few dare to fight a battle for justice. Shazia Khan narrates the story of...
I Want A Road
by Shamim Meraj
Last week when I was driving down to work, I saw this scribbled on the back of a truck “I want better...
A Sweeping initiative
His initiative is not just an employment opportunity, it is social cause. Owais Shafi Bhat is responsible for the maintenance of hygiene at 10...
Khundroo Ammo Depot: A constant torment
Live fuses, shells and landmines scattered in villages around Khundroo Ammunition Depot are haunting a population, who are losing lives and limbs to stray...
She deserves graceful commuting
by Shazia Yousuf
When you get in, they are damp with summer perspiration. When you sit in, the sticky dirt steals your morning freshness. Its...
The wheel is slowing
A potter’s wheel once carved out almost all household goods. But now the use of earthenware is limited as polythene and plastic have replaced...
No taboo this
Changing perceptions improve the life of leprosy patients in Kashmir but they want their normal children liberated from their shacks. Shazia Yousuf spends a...
Mental health’s physical challenge
by Maroosha Muzzaffar
The lone mental health care hospital in Kashmir lacks a rehabilitation centre, a facility psychiatrists insist is essential for chronic patients. This is...
Punitive Retrieval
by Shahnawaz Khan
Do the rule makers know that someone can lose a document, like a degree certificate or a passport, in an accident or...
Idiom of ethnicity
Kashmir has subsumed life in Kashmir. The problem is bigger than the prospect; political positions on the issue have become more relevant than the...
