Shams Irfan
A journalist with seven years of working experience in Kashmir.
Identify sector wise requirements
Recession is hitting hard Kashmir’s handicraft sector, a major foreign exchange earner which employs thousands of people. Right now the sector would require handholding to an extent that various players at different levels are confident enough to keep the processes going unhindered.
We at the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) have already written to the State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC) that a new package envisaging certain concessions and relaxations be drafted in consultation with the government to help the handicraft sector sail through the turbulent times.
We at the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) have already written to the State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC) that a new package envisaging certain concessions and relaxations be drafted in consultation with the government to help the handicraft sector sail through the turbulent times.
Passing the body on
A Muslim undertaker Muhammad Yaseen Dar performed the last rites for Pandits at Batamloo crematory for almost a decade. Dar died in 2008 and...
Tourism jittery
Elections, violence rhetoric and global recession can give coming tourist season a set back after the initial impediment of houseboat closure. Haroon Mirani reports....
Treating leprosy with cold cream
Bits of Holland, Somalia and Afghanistan
Tourism brochures of Srinagar would merit an update now.We could market not just our fabled Mughal gardens, Dal Lake,
Tourism brochures of Srinagar would merit an update now.We could market not just our fabled Mughal gardens, Dal Lake,
Beyond Reminder Day
Zamir Ahmad
A certain absurdity seems to have crept into the human race lately. That of converting issues of utmost concern into trivia. Quite Paradoxically though.
A certain absurdity seems to have crept into the human race lately. That of converting issues of utmost concern into trivia. Quite Paradoxically though.
Yearning to cross over
In four years of its operation, the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus has ferried 11,000 passengers across the Line of Control to meet their families. Thousands are...
Taking on the bull
A month long agitation by Bomai Coordination Committee succeeded in removing the RR camp from the area. Zubair A. Dar reports from Bomai on the painful experiences the residents had with the camp and how the committee ensured the agitation is not hijacked by politicians.
KESS prelims agonises many
Hamidullah Dar
In what appears weird to many, Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (PSC) has added a new chapter to the selection process for Kashmir Evaluation and Statistical Service (KESS) this year. The Commission is conducting preliminary examination to shortlist candidates for main examination for the service. Not just in J&K, it is the first experiment of its kind in such examinations across India.
In what appears weird to many, Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (PSC) has added a new chapter to the selection process for Kashmir Evaluation and Statistical Service (KESS) this year. The Commission is conducting preliminary examination to shortlist candidates for main examination for the service. Not just in J&K, it is the first experiment of its kind in such examinations across India.
Newsmakers
DIED: An additional judge of J&K High Court Justice Vinod Kumar Gupta passed away at 59. Survived by his wife, a son and a...
Shabir Shah
Chairman of Jammu Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party Shabir Shah was rearrested, again, on March 31.This was Shah’s third arrest over the past eight months. As soon as he stepped out of Srinagar
The knack for that nerve
I am, more than often, left at my wit’s end when it comes to understanding the psychology of Kashmiri people, mine included. The collective...
Young leaders, old cadres
A generational shift in the politics of Kashmir is near completion now. Will the new generation bring about the minimisation of the ethnic, class, regional, and ideological distinctions that have
We need a satellite TV channel
Tarique A Bhat
Drabu’s antidote for PSUs
A committee on PSU reforms lead by Dr Haseeb Drabu has undone the recommendations of Godbole committee set up in 1998. While Godbole recommended...
A vanishing aroma
Abdul Aziz Kozgar inherited the craft of making rosewater manually, but is unlikely to pass it on to the next generation. Shazia Yousuf talks...
