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.
Story of Two Doda Sisters and Their brother Who Cracked JKAS Together
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: As the Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC) declared the final results of the Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service...
The Ground Report
Khalid Bashir Gura reviews Anuradha Bhasin’s book that chronicles the Kashmir happenings after the reading down of Article 370 and 35A in August 2019
On...
Mushrooming A Culture
A mechanical engineer has started implementing an ambitious plan to address Kashmir's pre-harvest and post-harvest concerns so that mushroom cultivation takes off as a...
Reshma Is Dead, Why (S)he Was A Very Important Person?
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: After decades of silent struggle in anonymity, when a wedding video on social media, Haye Haye Wasiey, got viral, Abdul Rashid became...
Reading Cardiologist’s Heart
Kashmir’s leading cardiologist, Dr U Kaul’s book offers interesting anecdotes about the evolution of better heart care and various heart-breaking events, writes Khalid Bashir...
The New Voters?
While the elections to Jammu and Kashmir’s skirted assembly are not taking place soon, the special summary revision of voters is expected to be...
Deconstructing A Protest
It looks so simple to register a protest. When the protest drags on for a month, sustaining it becomes a festering resource and emotional...
‘I Studied at A Jabri School Where We Had Good Teachers’
Former Director SKIMS, Dr M Sultan Khuroo is just not a successful gastroenterologist only. During the last four decades, he discovered Hepatitis-E in Kashmir,...
‘Doctors’ At War
Almost 200 medical students who were rescued from Ukraine early this year have kept their fingers crossed about what the future holds for them....
Digital Dependence
A new survey has vindicated the naysayers that children's overexposure to cell phones and computers for education and recreation is seriously compromising the capacities...
Inside Kashmir’s Seminary Network
Kashmir’s formal education system owes its evolution to medieval Khanqah education and Maktab teaching. Kashmir still has an impressive seminary network and Dr Nisar...
Timeless Tales
Going through Neerja Mattoo's curated book of Kashmir short stories, Khalid Bashir Gura sees elements of both timeliness and timelessness in the collection
Some of...
A Quantum Model
Kashmir’s young quantum physicist, Rukhsan ul Haq tells Khalid Bashir Gura his long story from a dusky central Kashmir village to the IBM Quantum,...
Pandit Protests
The killing of Rahul Bhatt triggered unending protests by Kashmiri Pandits who are serving the government across the Valley under a special package. Khalid...
Gene Editing Professor
Scared of blood, biochemistry scholar Tanveer Ahmad decided to get into the sub-microscopic maze of genetic engineering and hunt for cures to critical diseases...
