Shams Irfan
A journalist with seven years of working experience in Kashmir.
Determination
Never giving up, Vinod Kumar qualified the civil services on his sixth attempt. Arteev Sharma profiles his determination and hardwork.
Farooq Abdullah
There is no age for fun, especially when it comes to National Conference Patron Dr Farooq Abdullah. Known for his amusing antics, Abdullah was at it again this week in Srinagar, when he was chief guest at the inaugural function of national trade fair. Thankless to thankfulness
Arshid MalikLed to wonder after noticing the signboard that read “Hustle ‘n’ Bustle” on a shop in uptown Srinagar my boss happened to exclaim,...
EXPLOIT THE TALENT
The news of a Kashmiri doctor topping the Indian civil services examination with few others also cracking the examination was a rare happy moment for the Valley.
Immunity from state
Ashiq Khan
Human rights and civil liberties groups, separatist, even some pro-India political parties, have been demanding, for quite some time now, the revocation of laws providing immunity to army and paramilitaries operating in Kashmir
Human rights and civil liberties groups, separatist, even some pro-India political parties, have been demanding, for quite some time now, the revocation of laws providing immunity to army and paramilitaries operating in Kashmir
Credit Guaranteed
J&K Bank Chairman Dr Haseeb A Drabu talked about the prospects and problems of Credit Guarantee Fund Scheme at a seminar on the issue...
‘We want royalty on our resources’
More than a year later in August 2006, Nawab Bugti was killed in a military operation in a cave. His killing has not helped...
JAPAN
Ashiq Masood Islam reached Japan towards end of 19th century, much later as compared to her neighbouring countries - Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippine or even...
Breaking the jinx
Zamir AhmadLegend has it that Columbus was at a dinner with some Spanish nobles when some of them began scoffing at the admiral’s success...
Batting at the partners
The unrest in the coalition has stooped so low that now a Deputy Chief Minister picks up a fight with a hospitality official. But...
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London
Jahangir Raina
It may seem an irony that you run from one cold place to another to spend winters. But a winter spent in England is definitely more comfortable than the one spent in Kashmir. Even if you have Hamam back home in Kashmir, there really is no substitute for central heating. I mean real central heating and not a sub-standard one driven by sub-standard electricity.
It may seem an irony that you run from one cold place to another to spend winters. But a winter spent in England is definitely more comfortable than the one spent in Kashmir. Even if you have Hamam back home in Kashmir, there really is no substitute for central heating. I mean real central heating and not a sub-standard one driven by sub-standard electricity.
Mufti Muhammad Syed
After declaring last week that he had no problems being labelled a separatist, Peoples Democratic Party patron Mufti Muhammad Sayeed brought out his party activists onto the New age ghouls and ghosts
Arshid Malik
When we were kids, we used to be “sitting ducks” for a bowlful of horror stories that were scary enough to make us pee in our pants. This very bouquet of ghost stories stayed rolled up the sleeve of elder siblings, parents and grandparents elementally narrated in times of dire need, which is when we got really naughty. These home-churned “Tales of the Crypt” were melodramatically enhanced by all kinds of sounds, humanly manageable, and eerie grunts and groans until the script really crept up your limbs like vicious little arachnids.
When we were kids, we used to be “sitting ducks” for a bowlful of horror stories that were scary enough to make us pee in our pants. This very bouquet of ghost stories stayed rolled up the sleeve of elder siblings, parents and grandparents elementally narrated in times of dire need, which is when we got really naughty. These home-churned “Tales of the Crypt” were melodramatically enhanced by all kinds of sounds, humanly manageable, and eerie grunts and groans until the script really crept up your limbs like vicious little arachnids.
UNITY OF PURPOSE
If there is something that has remained elusive to Kashmir throughout its history, it is the idea of unity. The divisions and subdivisions that emerged
