Shams Irfan
A journalist with seven years of working experience in Kashmir.
TOO MANY COINCIDENCES
As one more young life was lost to a police tear gas shell, adding to the burgeoning list of youth killed by government’s crowd control measures, Khursheed Wani delves into the phenomenon called stone pelting.
Between devil and deep sea
is hardly any Kashmir photojournalist who has not been injured during stone-pelting or its aftermath. The overkill of the phenomenon has, off late, arisen...
Who are stone-throwers?
The government has a firm belief that stone-throwing is run by a syndicate with political backing. The separatists are largely purported to be the...
Come fly with me
Although losing popularity, pigeon flying or Kabootar Baazi is still an obsession for some. Aliya Bashir reports about the hobby believed to be centuries...
Ducking out
state’s only duck farm with a rearing capacity of 11000 birds is under army occupation, with the government and troops ducking out on its...
A fight for democracy
Though a world apart from each other, there are quite a few resemblances between Korea and Kashmir other than a militarized line dividing the...
BOGOR
Shazia KhanAfter our arrival at the Jakarta international airport in Indonesia, we headed to the city of Bogor.A relaxed, one and a half hour...
No god but God
Zamir AhmadI borrow the title of today’s piece from author Reza Aslan’s acclaimed book of the same title. But my reasons for titling my...
Lighting up Ladakh
Energy deficient Ladakh region is getting massive government investment in power sector, which will lower the ecologically fragile region’s reliance on polluting...
Theatrics at LoC
The barter trade allowed across LoC at two points – Uri and Poonch – has been plagued with problems right from its inception. Meanwhile...
Newsmakers
RANSACKED: Hooligans barged into Kashmir Life office Thursday evening after breaking the entrance door and thrashed the staff and smashed furniture and office equipment. The assailants, who turned out to be JKLF activists, were lead by one Zulfikar Majid, a scribe. They beat up everybody present in the office resulting in serious injuries to one of our staff, who has admitted in SKIMS, Soura.
Oceans of Life
Dr. Seemin RubabJune 8th was celebrated as World Oceans Day. It is a new entrant to various days earmarked to sensitize stakeholders regarding environmental...
Financial analyst
After completing his engineering degree ,Arif Ali Shora qualified the JMET exam for MBA in IIT Kharagpur. Today he is a financial analyst. Ibrahim...
DD
Some officials in Jammu and Kashmir are more powerful than the constitutional head of the state, plainly due to the blessings of the corridors...
Khurshid Drabu
Kashmir-born UK judge Khurshid Drabu has been chosen for Britain’s second highest honour, the Commander of the British Empire (CBE) title, from the Queen...
