Masood Hussain
Associated with the Srinagar dateline since 1987, Masood Hussain has served a number of media organisations in the last more than three decades. He served Kashmir Times for around a decade and joined The Economic Times which he left in 2015 after 17 years. He is currently the Editor of Kashmir Life.
The Hajj That Was
From medieval sultans to wandering mystics, Kashmir's long relationship with the Hajj made it both a way-station for Makkah-bound Central Asian pilgrims and a...
JK Bank: Peak Profits
In fiscal 2025-26, JK Bank rewrote its own record books with a historic high profit of Rs 2363 crore and won back investor confidence...
Kashmir: War Against Drugs
As drug abuse emerges as a major challenge in Jammu and Kashmir, law enforcement agencies have launched an intensified campaign to dismantle cartels and...
Kashmir and Bangladesh: Binding Threads
Kashmir and Bangladesh sit at opposite ends of the Himalayan arc, yet their ties run deep and old. Medical students, apple traders, accidental models,...
Kashmir’s Machine Age
As climate change and shrinking land reshape Kashmir’s farming, a quiet revolution in mechanisation, spanning drones, AI, and biotech, is about to transform how...
Iran: A Civilisation Survived
Donald Trump threatened to erase Persia from history. It survived. What that means for the world is only beginning to be understood, writes Masood...
Hormuz to Hirpora: The War Impact
A distant conflict in the Strait of Hormuz is forcing Kashmir to unlearn a century of energy evolution. The kerosene lamp is coming back....
Kashmir’s Persian Past
The war in Iran has thrown Kashmiri students studying there into uncertainty, reopening a larger story of Kashmir’s deep historical connections with Persia through...
Omar’s Second Budget
Omar Abdullah’s second budget emphasised fiscal realism and structural reform, outlining an infrastructure-led, capital-intensive strategy to boost production with a narrow resource base, reports...
Kashmir: Budget Postcard
As Jammu and Kashmir is racing for the budget estimate announcements next week, Masood Hussain offers an idea of hopes and expectations from Omar...
Kashmir’s Stray Scourge
Surging dog-bite cases across Kashmir reveal a deepening public health crisis, driven by unchecked stray populations, waste mismanagement, delayed treatment, and systemic failure to...
Kashmir’s River of Knowledge
From Buddhist scholastic prose to Shaiva philosophy, satire, stories, and historiography, Kashmir’s literature evolved as a disciplined, self-aware civilisation. This all started almost two...
Beyond Blood Bonds
Masood Hussain’s deeply personal remembrance of a Kashmiri man whose life of faith, labour, quiet sacrifice and moral certainty forged bonds beyond blood.
“Someone who...
Kashmir: The Vanishing Sarkari Noukri
In Jammu and Kashmir, the state workforce is shrinking fast as recruitment slows and contractual hiring rises. As the salaries decline, pensions soar, unemployment...
Long Live Shahid
A newsroom’s panic over an unresponsive colleague turns into profound relief as police, firefighters, and journalists unite to find him safe, more than two...
