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.
Assassinated
After a new situation took over Kashmir within a year after the March 1987 elections, many players from the unionist camp were killed in...
Golden HandsÂ
They are the golden hands behind intricate designs and motifs that make Kashmir’s heritage handicrafts famous. But the same hands are on the brink...
Sarore Sorrow
The morning police raid on Gujjar hutments in Samba is not an isolated incident. Syed Asma talks to the community living under the fear...
Rangoon Refugees
Not all journeys end on a bitter note for Rohingya Muslims fleeing angry Buddhist mobs in Burma. In Kashmir, a few ended up in...
Clipped Wings
In a strife-torn valley, the tale of those whose limbs were devoured by the situation and the state of affairs continue to make air...
Desperately Dependent
For centuries Kashmir managed winters with traditions evolved by generations till the rundown Srinagar-Jammu road helped plain to find a market. Syed Asma reports...
The Chameleon Bukhari
For centuries Kashmir survived winters with a focus on its hearth. Once it started hunting for alternatives beyond the mountains, it returned with a...
Nurturing Roots
Despite living successful lives thousands of miles away, their hearts beat for the motherland. Syed Asma talks to a few philanthropist NRKs who are...
Not Compensated!
Instead of elevating their living standard NMDFC beneficiaries are left struggling to repay the loan to avoid recovery calls. Syed Asma reports the post-flood...
Killing In Classroom
An examiner’s wrong evaluation pushed an engineering aspirant to suicide. A re-evaluation posthumously identified the mistake. Syed Asma reports about how peer pressures, systemic...
Kindly Introspect!
Syed Asma
While researching the pathetic report on the brides who were burnt (published last week), I came across many domestic violence cases, literally on...
Bride Burners
The alarming trend in which families resort to kerosene and a match-stick instead of counselling, to manage conjugal discord, is worrisome. A society that...
DAV Divide
From once a premier address for seeking knowledge in Srinagar DAV School is struggling to survive the onslaught of time, mismanagement and politics. The...
The Inside Rot
Faculties at SKUAST-K are up in arms against the incumbent Vice-Chancellor, who even after completing his tenure of five years seems unmoved. With the...
Education Pays
by Syed Asma
A new school has come up in the vicinity of the University of Kashmir. Having more than three dozen operative branches across...
