Shams Irfan
A journalist with seven years of working experience in Kashmir.
Bandipore
BANDIPORE: It has been eight months now that the police, despite clear leads available, has not recovered Bibi Jan, the mother of four children. Her husband Mohammad Shafi has maintained throughout that she was grazing her cattle in her Chatti Bnadi belt when two Ikhwanis kidnapped her.
Bashir Malik
in the remote Drang village in Budgam’s Khag belt, Bashir falls in the below poverty line in official economic stratification of Kashmir society. Last...
Newsmakers
Kashmir is a conflict zone and one should not think that militancy is overState Police Chief Kuldeep Khuda to reportersTRANSFERRED: Creating history, authorities shifted...
The ‘Alien’ SURVIVES
Appearing calm outside but was raffling beneath. It erupted again after the nearly nine months of calm in Kashmir valley - stone pelting. The...
Diary of a prisoner
For a dreaming teenager a vacation in Delhi turned into a lifetime in jail – for no fault of his. For Syed Maqbool Shah...
Business And Blessings
Some businesses go into a month-long hibernation during Ramadan but the fasting month also means brisk business in some food items generally not consumed...
A March For History
August 11, 2008 will remain ingrained in Kashmir’s psyche, the day Kashmiris responded to the blatant economic blockade by right-wing Hindu nationalists in Jammu...
Business of Begging
Ramadan attracts hoards of beggers from Indian planes to Kashmir but these special summer visitors do not always come on their own. They are...
Volunteer Time
Kashmir having a massive destitute population is something that neither requires education nor a survey. Every lane and every village has got its own...
Apparent Impunity
Sameer YasirTwo days after three young men Shazad Khan, Shafi Lone and Riyaz Lone from the Nadihal village were brutally murdered in a fake...
Of last rites and lost rights
Arshid MalikI landed in Kashmir a few days ago and the first news that I met with was the murder of a youth in...
Ramadhan: The time for purification of the soul
Zamir AhmadLet nothing be inside of you.Be empty: give your lips to the lips of the reed.When like a reed you fill with His...
Match career wishes with capability
He went there to become a hero, but returned as a beggar. Ghulam Jeelani had left his home and gone to Mumbai to become...
Newsmakers
LEH: HDFC bank inaugurated its branch in Leh, the happening tourist place at an altitude of 10500 ft. The bank, that was inaugurated...
Profit SCRIPTS
Last week, J&K’s lone listed company did not only reveal its profits. It also elevated a lot its officials. While 11 Senior Executives were...
