Shams Irfan
A journalist with seven years of working experience in Kashmir.
No Cherry Picking
Around half of the cherry crop in Kashmir was lost to the unsavory weather in the spring. However a rise in the prices brought...
What LoC!
Four villages in the remote picturesque valley of Gurez, almost treacherous 150 kilometers from Srinagar, have had no milk for past more than 10...
Legitimizing corruption
Dr. Bashir A DablaThe Indian society was characterized with some degree of corruption throughout. However, throughout history, corruption was considered harmful and undesirable. Today,...
Revisit the policy
a time when Kashmir is expecting a fall of more than sixty percent in its horticulture produce, the hospitality and the handicraft sectors are...
Patch Adams and a sick me
Arshid MalikMunnabhai M.B.B.S. was a major Bollywood flick that swept the Indian cinema buffs off their feet in December 2003. It was the element...
In Denial MODE
This is what the throne demands. When his distant relative Abdul Majid Matoo, a retired university teacher, gathered a good crowd in Beerwa, a...
Newsmakers
LAUNCHED: The Chenab Valley Power Projects Ltd is taking up three power projects in Kishtwar with a combined generation of 2120 MW at an...
Qazi Yasir
It was the first rare parole that the government ordered. A day after Qazi Aman died of a cardiac arrest, the government set his...
Clear concepts lead to success
Hanan Tahir Qureshi is among a few Kashmiris who cracked the prestigious IIT-JEE exam in 2010. He says hard work and clear concepts are...
Ruining careers
Employing people on contract on a meagre salary is ruining careers but the government can afford to ignore them for the high unemployment rate...
Mismanaged assets
A heavy influx of tourists has exposed the shortage of hotel rooms in the valley, but trade insiders say that the problem could be...
Welcome To My Home
With hotels and guest houses jam-packed, hundreds of people are making easy money by renting their residential houses to tourists, Nissar Khan reports.
The residential...
Don’t stop talking
SAMEER YASIR The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaking before the Congressional committee last week said she was “encouraged” by the talks between...
Dumb!
Arshid MalikI very well recall that I was never dumb. No one ever called me that, “dumb” I mean, and I was never classified...
Newsmakers
PLANNED: The government is taking up a Rs 1.55 crore ropeway project in Kishtwar district to connect the remote but highly productive areas of...
