Khalid Bashir Gura
A Mass Communication and Journalism postgraduate from the University of Kashmir, Khalid is a writer by choice and a journalist by chance.
KAS-18 Second Topper Never Read Newspapers, Social Media
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: The news is still sinking in. His phone is still ringing as congratulations continue to pour. A long journey found...
The 2017 ‘Stone Pelter’ Told PM Modi How She Learnt The Art of Keeping...
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: Afshan Ashiq, the young girl that media projected as the face of 2017 student unrest spoke to Prime Minister Narendra...
Double-Whammy: Passengers Pay Double Fares For Travelling In Unsafe Public Transport
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: On a cool September morning, I along with my colleague boarded a maxi-cab to Baramulla from Srinagar. We were on...
Unmasked, Literally
Refusal to follow safety protocols by the people and lax enforcement of the law by the administration is behind the surge in the number...
Bollywood Queen Takes Kashmir ‘Refuge’ As Sena Bulldozers Reach Her Office
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: Kashmir has emerged so huge an abused brand that you pinch somebody and s(he) shouts– Kashmir. It is now the...
As Border Tensions Close PUBG’s Virtual Battlefield, Addicts May Need Help
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: Much to the frustration and agony of virtual gamers, the brewing tensions on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with...
Jail Us Or Give Us Rights: Pakistan Origin Kashmiri Brides
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: A group of Pakistani origin Kashmiri brides staged a protest in press colony here in Lalchowk area of Srinagar demanding...
Cathartic Return
When the faithful thronged the places of worship after 21 weeks of disconnect in the lockdown dictated by the pandemic, the scene was cathartic. Being...
‘I Am Not A Monk Who Has Renounced The World
After serving one year in jail following erasure of Jammu and Kashmir's autonomous status in August 2019 Shah Faesal has quit politics and is...
Longest Recess
Except for a fortnight-long reopening of educational institutions in March, the lingering yearlong security siege now melded with Covid-19 lockdown has effectively turned Kashmir...
Jail Outbreak
The contagion managed entry into one of the many over-crowded jails in Kashmir pushing the families into a new crisis reports Khalid Bashir Gura
The spike...
Slim Weddings
From a big, fat affair, the Kashmir marriages have become an austere affair as people adjust to the health guidelines in view of the...
Covid-19: Precautions Only Cure, British Kashmiri Docs Advise
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: As the subsequent weeks after easing of pandemic lockdown witnessed a surge in COVID-19 cases thereby prompting authorities on Monday...
In No Go Area
Unshakable faith in God and compassion for the ailing inspires Jameel Ahmad Digoo, an ambulance driver of the health department, to ferry Covid-19 positive...
Budgam’s Tosa Maidan Victim Still Motionless After Marathon Surgery
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: The carefree life of a teenager Muhammad Asif, 13, was cut short when he landed his feet on a shell...
