Shams Irfan
A journalist with seven years of working experience in Kashmir.
Unnatural Excuses
The location of Kashmir is often discussed from a geo-strategic perspective. The discourses about the region and its people are mostly overshadowed by its...
Rising And Uprising
Sameer YasirBefore it transformed the Arab street, Kashmir had already discovered the power of social media as a political mobilizing tool. During 2010 unrest...
Selling it off
Arshid MalikI have figured out that it is all about selling – selling yourself, your talent, your whims and fancies, your face, your skills,...
Karachi Agreement
After India and Pakistan fought the first war over Kashmir soon after becoming independent and sovereign states in 1947, it led to the intervention...
Omar Abdullah
The scion of the Abdullah family and the state’s youngest ever chief minister, Omar Abdullah, completed a tumultuous three years in power this week....
Newsmakers
DIRECTED: State High Court directed Crime Brach to register a case against Haq Nawaz Ahmed who has allegedly contracted marriage with a non Muslim...
M A Road
Last month, a leopard was found outside the residence of Chief Minister. This month a leopard cub was caught in the courtyard of his...
Civil Liberties, according to JKCSS
J&K Coalition of Civil Societies suggested 233 people were killed in 2011 including 56 civilians, 100 militants, 71 security men and six unidentified and...
Restructuring Resistance
Demands from constituents of the Mirwaiz-led Hurriyat to make the resistance grouping leaner, united and effective are growing. Its constituents are up in arms...
Changing Faces
Reports of an impending cabinet reshuffle continue to gain momentum. Kashmir Life examines who the problems and the possibilities are—for the ruling party’s future.The...
Journey Of A Lifetime
He could hardly make ends meet, but a desire to perform Hajj kept him going. Mukeet Akmali talks to a man whose road to...
Fields Of Gold
One of the most expensive spices in the world is getting some very expensive support, to ensure that it becomes a hallmark of Kashmir...
Climatic Change
It may still take some time to see icicles in Srinagar, but thank God, we finally have the season’s first snowfall in the plains...
Heads and Tails
S. RehmanWhen people voted for administrative issues and the government acknowledged its wafer wide role splitting the political and administrative issues, a hope to...
Dreaming Sweet
Arshid MalikI live in a rented apartment in Jammu and by all means it is a cosy and comfortable place to live in. But...
