Saima Bhat
Blessing in Disguise
While 2014 flood is imprinted on people’s memory like a nightmare there are a few who thank Jhelum for its fury. Saima Bhat reports
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“Drinking tap water is as good as drinking from your toilet”
Sheba Hafiz, an Environmental Engineer from Srinagar’s Brein Nishat, works as a Programme Management Consultant for the Sewer System Improvement Programme of AECOM Company,...
Gen(e)ocide
For strife-ridden Kashmir, surviving on stress, chicken and mutton and staying limited to hearths and homes, has emerged just a way of life. Slowly...
Lady Power
After unfurling Pakistani flag and later addressing a Jamat ud Dawa rally on phone, police have booked Kashmir’s ‘iron lady’. But she is not...
Renting Rides
It took bike enthusiast Basharat Ayaz Gilkar two years to convince authorities that renting bikes is legal in Kashmir. With already 40 bikes in...
Uprooting Innocence
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One doesn’t need to be a psychologist to read their innocent eyes and gloomy faces. The pain of separation is palpably visible even...
Laugh and Live
Chances are you might have come across Xaid Film videos many times and shared a laugh too. Saima Bhat meets the brain behind these...
Compensation Mess
Empty government coffer has put two important road widening projects on indefinite hold in Srinagar. But that was not all. There are hundreds of...
Weighted Down
At the end of every year state government and Amarnath Shrine Board thanks each other for conducting annual Amarnath Yatra successfully. But what they...
Angry Nature
Flash floods and cloudbursts are the new entries in Kashmir’s troubled lingo. With 19 occurrences in last 20 days, Kashmir is witnessing a massive...
“What is the point of saying we are pro-resistance when we cannot preserve the...
Suvir Kaul, the A.M. Rosenthal Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, describes himself as part belonging to, and part being an outsider...
Ghar Wapsi?
PDP led government is seemingly unwilling to offer them space. Renewed militancy too does not care much about them. And India’s top spymaster A...
“I always say that Jammu should be considered from Lakhanpur, Poonch and up to...
Minister CAPD Choudhary Zulfikar Ali who represents Darhal in state legislative assembly tells Saima Bhat that Jammu is developed at the cost of Pir...
Jhelum Fury
With Jhelum’s belly filled by silt up to its brim, a day’s downpour sends the alarm bells ringing in valley. So far the government...
“I trust my god. Another flood won’t hit our state. You should also trust...
Sukhnandan Kumar, minister for PHE, Irrigation & Flood Control tells Saima Bhat that people of Kashmir should have sumps or water tanks to store...
