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.
The Raffughar
While obediently following his parents’ dreams of chasing for a medical school seat, a young boy was fascinated by a painter’s brush. Finally, when...
Shishur To Vahrat, Kashmir’s Alternative Calendar
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: As Jammu and Kashmir Bank’s famed wall calendars will not don the cold household walls this year, Ghazal Qadri a...
Cast In Stone
A mosque constructed by the most celebrated Mughal Queen, Nur Jahan, in the heart of Srinagar fought a lot of negative narratives to survive...
Meet The Orphan Who Topped SSB’s Panchayat Accountants Examination
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: After the elected government crumbled under its won weight, the government halted the process of hiring people. The long lull...
Mission Wushnaer Helps Underprivileged To Stay Warm In Winters
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: On the Phase-II of the Mission Wushnaer, a serpentine queue of unprivileged people waited in the lawns of Lal Bazar’s...
Meet The Man Who Has The History Of Topping All His Examinations, Everywhere
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: Soft-spoken, Dr Mohsin Raj Mantoo, 27, has added many feathers in his cap as he has topped three national-level Super...
Ostracised, Stigmatised During Covid-19 Infection, Dal Man Builds A Floating Ambulance For The Lake...
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: On a cold winter morning, as the weak, wintry sun struggles to emerge, empty Shikaras bob in the greyish Dal Lake, at Ghat...
How This Daughter Emerged A Poor Family’s Game Changer?
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: Shaista Bashir a resident of Gund Roshan in Ganderbal has made her parents proud by qualifying National Entrance Eligibility Test...
Delhi Arrests: Police In Punjab, Delhi Differ As Kashmir Families Protest
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: A day after an “encounter” in Delhi’s Shakarpur area, the versions of the police in Delhi and Punjab are at...
‘Boredom Has Resulted In Depression, Trauma And Suicide Tendencies’
Dr Zaid Ahmad Wani, Child Psychiatrist at the Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences Kashmir tells Khalid Bashir Gura
KASHMIR LIFE (KL): Schools in Kashmir...
In Unpredictable Kashmir, A Father Fights A Daughter
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: Kashmir has always remained unpredictable. Nobody knows what happens when and what could be the consequence of an event. Within...
‘Journalism Has Become A Tool Of Propaganda Now’
Nazir Masoodi, NDTV’s Jammu and Kashmir Bureau Chief is Kashmir’s longstanding journalist. Over the last year, he won two prestigious awards – the International...
A Brave Battle
While putting up a brave fight against a life-threatening disease and even losing his wife to discord, a young man ensured that he completes...
Land, Brick & Mortar
The immediate fallout of dismantling the protective provisions in August 2019 is that outside entrepreneurs have become an intermediary between the government and the...
Cricketer Samad Flying Home With Indelible IPL Memories
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: Abdul Samad, the 19-year-old Kashmir cricketer is continuing to win hearts with his jaw-dropping performances in IPL even as his...
