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.
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...
Meet The Kashmir Boy, The BBC Projected Kashmir’s “Social Media Star”
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: Wasil Manzoor, 18, a resident of Pampore was recently featured in BBC’s trending programme as a local social media star...
Trekking For 2G
Not far away from the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector, students climb to a hilltop to catch the low-speed mobile signal to...
Tales From Towns
Unlike Back to Village programme that saw reasonable participation of people, ‘My Town, My Pride’ was struggling to draw crowds, reports Khalid Bashir Gura
On...
Bollywood Bets Its Covid19 Return With Gaalib, On Afzal Guru’s Son
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: On October 28, the much-awaited trailer of the movie based on Ghalib, the son of the Parliament attack convict Mohammad...
What Do The Supercomputers Tell Us About Covid-19?
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: With the vaccine nowhere in sight, the world scientists have turned to the supercomputers to seek solutions for containing the...
WHO Research: Opium Consumption Is Carcinogenic
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: Dr Nazir Ahmad, a Kashmiri cancer research scientist was a part of WHO working group of 16 international experts from...
For Mother’s Sake, A Cab Driver’s Engineer Son Will Now Go To Medical School
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: This is the story of living for parents. A young boy who had already made to the National Institute of...
Return of The Native
Mohit Bhan, a migrant Kashmiri Pandit, quit an MNC in Mumbai and returned home to be a political worker. A year after, he talked...
Kashmir’s Hidden Epidemic
While authorities and society are fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, Kashmir’s hidden epidemic, the drug abuse, is reporting an exponential rise. Professional surveys suggest the...
2005 Earthquake Did Not Interrupt Hussain’s Target To Become An Officer
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: Faisal Hussain, 28, a resident of Chitterkote in remote Karnah in border Kupwara district was an eighth standard student in...
An Exceptional KASē
It took him a lot of effort to extract from her mother, where his father is. They would hardly meet as she would toil...
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...
