Kashmir Life
The Innovative Parrays
A man follows his father’s footsteps and creates unique innovations. Originality and genius span the generations—and as Majid Maqbool reports—so does the struggle without...
Blame Game
The recurring energy crisis in Kashmir during the peak winter season has once again bought the state Power Development Department in the lime...
KHUDI – The Fountainhead
A film based on a global bestseller novel debuted in Kashmir recently. SHAMS IRFAN reviews a Kashmiri rendition of The Fountainhead.
Before the screening of...
She Died Looking For Her Son
She had become a widow nine months after her son was disappeared and died lonely in her one small house waiting for him. Sameer...
Meanings of The Collaborator
Sometimes fiction tells a truth more comprehensively than elements of truth put together as anything else. Zamir Ahmed writes about The Collaborator, its author...
The Transformer
He always dreamed of having his own independent business. Today, Nisar Baba’s manufacturing unit has developed into an award-winning company with uncompromising quality. Shams...
The Dead Meeting The Disappeared
For the families of the disappeared there can be nothing more cruel and inhuman than to be waiting for the missing one. Sameer Yasir...
Community First
Baramulla’s unique charitable organization has made a name for itself. Inam Ul Haq reports on the men behind the mission. On a chilly afternoon...
Cell’s Mobile Story
Despite barriers put up by the security establishment and special circumstances prevailing in Kashmir, the valley enjoys high penetration of cell phone connections.
In October...
Banking on Kashmir
The government's decision to make RBI its debt banker in place of J&K Bank may have proved a blessing in disguise for the latter.
They...
The Power of an Idea
They are driven by curiosity and armed with creativity. From harnessing everything from the sun to the ground below, Majid Maqbool reports on Kashmiris...
Here To Stay?
You’ve seen them around many areas. People from outside of the state who come to Kashmir in search of a better life. SHAMS IRFAN...
Sangloo And Disease
Sangloo has been so abused and polluted by locals living along its banks in Shopian that the river stands transformed from a source of...
Happiness and The Virtue of Keeping It
by Arshid Malik
Rather than landing on the fabricated social network which comprises of a plethora of networking sites and cellular technology we ought to...
For Shahid: a promise
by Prof Suvir Kaul
I do not know why Shahid—Bhaiya, as we knew him—chose to address to me “A Pastoral,” one of his poems of...
