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.
Locked Down, Jobless
As the counter pandemic lockdown prolongs, thousands of people in unorganised and transporter, retail and services sectors are literally jobless. Left to fend for...
19 Months Later, Missing Gurez Duo Paraded By Gilgit Police
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: A video has surfaced on YouTube, in which two missing youth of Bandipora district are seen blindfolded in police custody...
Hello! I am Wangri, Please Don’t Call Back
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: An unknown number rings for a few seconds and hangs up. There is an instant temptation to call back but...
Crucial Service
With a lot of enterprises emerging on social media and the lockdown preventing consumers from moving around too much, Kashmir threw up space for...
‘We Are On The Brinks of Community Transmission’
Pulmonologist Dr Naveed Nazir Shah, as head of the Chest Diseases Hospital, is managing the main counter Covid-19 hospital in Kashmir. He tells Khalid...
‘We Will Have To Continue With Social Distancing Even After Lockdown’
Dr Javaid Malik, the head of the Chest Medicine at SKIMS Medical College Hospital Bemina tell Khalid Bashir Gura
KASHMIR LIFE (KL): What is the current status of...
A Week After The Raids, Nasrullahpora Tries To Be Normal
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: A week has dragged on but Nasrullah Pora village has not subsided. The fear, anger, rage among the residents remains...
Digital Discrimination
Despite the growing public clamour and the petitions in the Supreme Court, Government has refused to restore the high-speed internet for general masses. The...
‘People who benefit from the status quo try to kill innovations’
After his PhD from the JNU, Sheikh Fayaz Ahmad joined the School of Management of the Zhejiang University, in Hangzhou (China) as an Innovations...
A Month Later, A Long Travel From Kota To Kashmir
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: On March 24, 8 pm, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced 21 days nationwide lockdown to curb Coronavirus pandemic. The students...
Locked-Down
Khalid Bashir Gura talked to a number of people from diverse backgrounds just to understand how they manage their life in the lockdown that...
Coronavirus: Amidst Pandemic, 4G Ban Irks Virtual Kashmir
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: Whenever the review date comes nearer, Kashmir has a hope to see the restoration of 4G internet services. To set the...
Safe Environs
Unlike Delhi and other metropolis, Kashmir didn't witness much of the exodus of the seasonal non-local workforce. This is perhaps because the host population...
Coronavirus: The Day Quarantine Completed, 3 Kashmiris Test Positive At Jaisalmer
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: The floor beneath the feet of one of the Kashmiri quarantined at Jaisalmer slipped away when the health authorities at...
The Quarantined Life
One of the priority operations of the government was to ensure the people flying from diverse destinations home, stay isolated for a fortnight. More...
