Syed Asma
Syed Asma completed her masters in journalism from the Islamic University, Awantipore, in 2010. After working with Greater Kashmir and Kashmir Times, she joined Kashmir Life in February 2011. She covered politics, society, gender issues and the environment. In 2016, she left journalism to pursue her M Phil from the University of Kashmir. She is presently pursuing PhD.
Wow, 10 Years!
In the last decade of our uninterrupted operations, a number of journalists remained associated with Kashmir Life. Some came to pick up the skills,...
“I am trying to convince students to start their own units, like opening a...
A 1999 batch KAS officer, Shabnum Shah Kamli, heads state’s Department of Technical Education (DTE).She tells Syed Asma, despite huge potential to change lives,...
Quick Sale
With unrest 2016 rooted down-south, the worst fears were about the fate of apple, the main mover-and-shaker of the peripheral economy. Challenges were Himalayan...
Mysterious Blaze
With 26 schools going up in flames in 113 days of civil uprising, the question everyone seems asking is, who is setting schools afire,...
Curfew Classes
Three-decade-old Kashmir conflict has its own cost. Education sector is one of its causalities but the population used to the months-long unrest and shutdowns...
Depressed Dangerously
Fast life, career rat race, destabilized families and the conflict have created such a mess of Kashmir’s mind that melancholy has become the new...
Legacy Lasts
For decades Babademb’s walnut factory has helped many destitute and needy women to survive the onslaught of circumstances and society. Syed Asma takes a...
A Gorilla Filmmaker
It took him four years to capture his subject’s innocence, struggle, and survival on camera. An award-winning documentary filmmaker Jalaluddin Baba’s work reflects his...
Cautious Moves
by Syed Asma
If you are not from the glamour industry, seeing yourself on hoardings displayed on roadsides may give you an awkward feeling. Perhaps...
Penman’s Peregrination
Life takes a full circle, quite literally. Syed Asma talks to noted Urdu and Kashmiri essayist Prof Mohammed Zaman Azurdah to piece together dots...
Tasteless Anchar
Once famous for its fish, Nadru, and vegetable gardens, Anchar Lake struggles to survive encroachment, waste dump, and official neglect. Syed Asma reports
Son of...
Introspect Please
by Syed Asma
Last week Kashmir buried five more blood-soaked bodies. For most of us, it is just statistics. We condemn killings, mourn for a...
No Glitter
The recent row regarding extra one percent tax on gold by GoI has left jewellers and artisans in a fix. Syed Asma talks to...
“Migration of KPs is not a complex issue as it is created by certain...
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Ajay Raina, who lives in the United States now, gets nostalgic on visiting Kashmir. A Biscoe boy who graduated from Regional...
The Big Jama’at
Had Jama’at-e-Islami not offered its resource base and the vast organizational skeleton, MUF might not had been as important as it eventually proved, reveals...
