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.
With 23 Tons a Day, Railways Would Require 190 Years to Take 2025 Kashmir...
by Masood Hussain
SHOPIAN: In the apple capital of Kashmir, the mood has soured. For the second consecutive day, as the traders at Shopian’s main...
Kashmir: The Deluge Debate
The Jhelum surged past its danger marks again in September 2025, reviving memories of 2014. Frequent floods, unchecked mining, weak infrastructure, and climate extremes...
Kashmiri: Mind on Edge
Kashmir faces a deepening psychological crisis where conflict trauma, drug addiction, stigma, screen overexposure, joblessness and anger intertwine. Psychiatry battles neglect, faith, and silence,...
Skilling Kashmir’s Future
The Comprehensive Skill Plan for Jammu and Kashmir is ambitious and progressive, but hampered by vague industry participation, uncertain employment linkages, equity gaps, and...
In Virtual Kashmir, Debate Rekindled Over Sheikh Abdullah’s Lost Papers and Letters
by Masood Hussain
SRINAGAR: Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, Kashmir’s tallest political figure and the first native ruler of the Valley in nearly a millennium, remains the...
Top Psychiatrists Sound Alarm over Rising Suicides and Youth Mental Health Crisis in Kashmir
SRINAGAR: Experts at a landmark medical education event in Srinagar on Saturday warned that Jammu and Kashmir is in the grip of an alarming...
Kashmir’s Nomination Row
With the MHA asserting that nominating five members to Jammu and Kashmir’s assembly is the sole prerogative of the Lt Governor, a new ‘disempowerment’...
Jammu Kashmir’s Power Finances Show Rising Receipts, Falling Losses, Heavy Deficit Persists
by Masood Hussain
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir’s power sector has reported notable improvements in receipts, billing efficiency, and reduction in overall losses over the last...
The Nedous Legacy
Once a colonial-era jewel and linked to Kashmir’s first political family, the iconic Nedous Hotel in Gulmarg now stands shut, caught in a fierce...
Kashmir: An Urdu Crossfire
A tribunal’s stay on Urdu as a prerequisite for Naib Tehsildar posts has reignited a fierce debate in Jammu and Kashmir over language, governance,...
Kashmir: The Embedded Memories
Masood Hussain’s account of living with a splinter wound in Kashmir becomes a lens to explore how violence embeds itself physically in people’s lives,...
Kashmir: Indus Arbitration In Turmoil
India has rejected a fresh ruling by a Hague tribunal over the Indus Waters Treaty, while Pakistan claims victory. The legal and diplomatic rift...
Banking In Kashmir 2025
As fintechs eat into payment systems, banks in Jammu and Kashmir are losing not just market share but also relevance. With digital platforms now...
Jammu and Kashmir Launches Family ID System to Transform Welfare Delivery, Eliminate Ghost Beneficiaries
by Masood Hussain
SRINAGAR: In a transformative governance reform aimed at improving the reach, efficiency and transparency of public welfare delivery, the Jammu and Kashmir...
Kashmir: Waiting For the Finance Commission
By October, the 16th Finance Commission is expected to submit its recommendations to the Government of India on how financial resources should be distributed...
