Saima Bhat
Veg Wonders
Urbanization forced city vegetable growers look for cheap land and labour in the periphery. Bugam in Budgam had both. But as outsiders started reaping...
“Time is ripe to promote Brand Kashmir”
Sheikh Ashiq Ahmad, President Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) tells Saima Bhat that the recently concluded 6th international buyer-seller meet is aimed...
Buyer Tales!
It was a mélange of colours on display at the 6th annual international buyer-seller meet literally. Saima Bhat talks to buyers from across the...
Pellet Blinds
Skipping the raging debate over lethality of the non-lethal weaponry – in vogue for six years now, Saima Bhat meets pellet blinds in their...
Cashmere’s Carcinogens
Two latest medical pieces of research have held the prevalence of smoking and salted tea as the main factors for the increased prevalence of...
“Whether it is a hydro electric project, Indus water treaty, it is the people...
Beyond the visible causes for September 2014 deluge in valley, lie the subtle reasons rooted in the network of occupation. The recently released document...
Kashmiri Woman in UK’s Parliament
Saima Bhat
SRINAGAR
David Cameron whose Conservative Party has 331 of the 650 berths in the British House of Commons has a Kashmir origin woman Nusrat...
Dial For Health
Next time you wish to see a doctor in Srinagar just dial EAO’s free helpline and it will be done. Started with an aim...
Uncertain Times
Are we sitting on a ticking time bomb? Yes, feels experts. Is the disaster management system geared up for a Nepal like situation, asks...
“The mess NC created in last six years is huge. If they think it...
Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari tells Saima Bhat that common man will start noticing the change on ground within next 5 months
Kashmir Life (KL): When...
Floating Hope
Floating vegetable markets in Dal interiors, no more sound buzzing as flood waters and subsequent rains wreaked havoc on the floating vegetable gardens of...
“We need long term measures to deal with floods. Otherwise destruction is inevitable”
Chief Engineer, Irrigation and Flood Control department, Kashmir, Mir Javed Jaffar tells Saima Bhat that there is no way to handle September 2014 (floods)...
A Tragedy & Heroic Tale
In the wake of tragedy, a JCB driver kept his nerves intact to excavate 15 bodies from the fateful Laden house. Saima Bhat reports...
Messy Education
With most of the money spent for the welfare of teachers the leftover hardly helps the cause of providing quality education to the underprivileged...
Kashmir Nikah: A Matchless Match
With technology taking over almost every sphere of our lives, finding a perfect match is now just a click away in Kashmir. Saima Bhat...
