Kashmir Life
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...
Fading Glory
With its reddish-brown coat and spiraled curved horns, the Markhor is quite unforgettable. But as Javaid Naikoo reports, the animal might be out of sight...
Other Side Of Paradise
Natives of Pahalgam, allege that the Master Plan for development and environmental conservation has ignored their right to basic needs while laying out rules....
Perpetuating Confusion
Appointed at the peak of 2010 unrest by the Home Ministry, three interlocutors were mandated to “to identify the political contours of a solution...
Mystery man
A man who is often spotted at elite gatherings in Mumbai is a Kashmiri who has had quite an obscure background. Sameer Yasir investigates...
The Compact-A wobbly exercise
by Shujaat Bukhari
The much-awaited report by Government of India (GoI) appointed interlocutors has raised more suspicion about New Delhi’s seriousness towards resolving the issue...
Living The Game
Sports like taekwondo and kick boxing make not be immensely popular in Kashmir but the sport has given Kashmir an international gold medalist. SHEIKH ...
Stolen Childhood
Thousands of children are forced to earn a livelihood for themselves and for their families and on the way sacrificing their dreams, their hope,...
A History’s Witness
K D Sethi is a dark old horse that has been a part of and an intimate witness to some of the most important...
Oldest Kashmiri Alive?
How long do you wish your loved ones to live? A hundred years? At 132 and having never taken any medicine must be a...
Indelible Impressions
From Samarkand to Srinagar, Ashiq Hussain narrates the 600-year-old journey of stylish Samovar to the snow-bound valley of Kashmir through the Silk Route.
The use...
Fields of Fortune
Kashmir is home to one of the rarest and most expensive spices in the world: Saffron. Shams Irfan walks through the historic fields of...
Weaving Magic
A special thread from Assam mounted onto the handloom along with thickened silk from Patna, the skillful hands of a Kashmiri artisan and the...
Protecting Traditional Crafts
M Shariq Farooqi
The handicraft industry in Jammu and Kashmir occupies an important place in its economy besides being a significant contributor to its foreign...
Exquisite Art, gifted hands
Over the centuries, skilled Kashmiri artisans have produced a myriad of intricate and elegant pieces of art—carved in wood. Junaid Bazaz reports on the...
