Shams Irfan
A journalist with seven years of working experience in Kashmir.
Unhappily Employed
In last few years, many Kashmiris have been recruited in central paramilitary forces. Some of these recruits share their tales of frustration and disillusionment...
What Slums?
The government has clarified that a proposed bill about ‘rehabilitation’ of slum dwellers likely to be tabled in the ongoing autumn session of the...
Imposed Identity
Sana B?gRecently on an online forum on Kashmir, a colleague of mine pointed out that Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper referred to Kashmir as “Indian-Administered Kashmir”...
Rhythm of Hope
Western music may gradually be entering in to Kashmiri society, but there are still some aspects of it that are relatively unheard of in...
NHPC In Focus
India’s hydropower giant NHPC is again under spotlight. While the International Court of Arbitration (ICA) at the Hague has barred it to raise any...
Indifference, Anger And Hope
Away from the ruckus in the state assembly and competing nationalistic politics around the discourse of clemency to Afzal Guru, his home in a...
SRINAGAR
Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s relief trust has completed six years of its existence. Sustaining on the charity that some of its members...
Mysterious DEATH
The mysterious death of an influential worker of the ruling National Conference (NC) from Bijbehara in south Kashmir, Syed Mohammad Yousuf, has created ripples...
Engineer Rashid
MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid, widely known as Engineer Rashid, was in news for moving a resolution in the state assembly seeking clemency to the...
Newsmakers
HONOURED: Bilquees, 26, a Kashmiri woman is the first Indian to be selected as International Technical Official (ITO) for canoeing event. She was honoured...
Pushed To Backseat
The level of literacy across J&K districts tabulated on basis of the provisional headcount by the Census department is yet another grim pointer towards...
A Teacher Par Excellence
Abdul Rashid Zargar recently received the Meritorious Teacher Award on Teacher’s Day for his unparalleled commitment towards his job. Nazir Ahmad Rather finds out...
The circles of life
Arshid MalikWhen we were kids, we were just that, kids. What else could we be, when the creator had bestowed upon us such a...
India’s Muslims and the Allegations of Terrorism
Irfan AhmadAccording to the Indian government and media, many Muslim groups have recently been involved in terrorism-Student Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), formed in...
Be Realistic
Unlike other parts of India, politicians in Kashmir have rarely required people’s support. But whenever they needed, they innovated ideas to make them dance...
