Kashmir Life
Clash of cultures
As caravans of pilgrims on way to Amarnath cave shrine pass through the quaint villages of Pahalgam, the quiet and harmonious social environment gets...
Serving the faith
The conduct of the Amarnath pilgrimage is a garguntaun task every year. A huge number of government employees from almost all the departments have...
The Invisible Palanquin Man
Hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus visit the Kashmir Himalayas every year for pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine. Many old, infirm or rich...
Regressive man
Shazia Najar
A little innocent soul free from all the sins of this world, she comes into the life of her parents as a blessing...
KAS Toppers
He failed twice but this year topped the KAS. Even though, Mohit Raina, says he was not even sure that he would make it...
Losing Identity
Old town Srinagar has for decades been a second home for many Dard-Shin inhabitants of Gurez. They have carved a niche for themselves here,...
Gone Dry
Fresh water springs, fed by the glacial melt, have sustained Kashmir for ages. But we have fast losing these life giving precious water bodies...
Panchal Never Felt Disconnected From Kashmir
Noted poet and scholar from Rajouri, Shahbaz Rajourvi, talks to Shams Irfan about his recent book Pounpir Gath, a collection of poems in Kashmiri,...
![New Political Amphitheater[Photo:Bilal Bahadur]](https://kashmirlife.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cover-issue-19-vol-4-218x150.jpg "New Political Ampitheater")
New Political Ampitheater
Even before the Mughal Road is completed, thousands take the route to cross Pir Panchal. Reopening it has triggered changes in the region that...
The Chargesheet
The Pathribal faked encounter is a case of conspiracies and lose ends revealed by the investigators in the army’s and initial police narratives. It...
Night at the Graveyard
Cemeteries across the valley witness an unprecedented rush during the night of Shab-e-Baraat. Bilal Handoo reports on this tradition of visiting the final resting...
Apple Cart to Panchal
The Mughal road may not be officially open yet, but it has already meant a huge deal to people in Kashmir valley, Poonch and...
Injustice and desperation
It has been more than 12 years since the victims of Pathribal faked encounter were laid to rest. But their charred bodies, identified after...
Loss and Anger
An eyewitness account of the devastating fire at Khanyar last Monday in which the shrine of Dastgeer Sahib was destroyed.
Early Monday morning Khanyar was...
![Mourning the Loss[Photo: Yasir Muhammad]](https://kashmirlife.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/2012-910-218x150.jpg "The Revered Dastgeer Sahab")
The Revered Dastgeer Sahab
In the heart of Srinagar, the shrine of Dastgeer sahib withstood tests of time for more than two centuries. Kashmir has now lost this...
