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Syed Asma

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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.

Healing Hands

Pained by the rejection that specially-abled face in the society, a few noble souls joined together to start Shafaqat. To help them face the...

The Walnut Fudge

By Syed Asma   Have your ever tasted a Walnut Fudge! If not, then you are surely missing one of the most talked about exclusivity of...

Baking is In

The traditional bakery in Kashmir is going through a generational shift. The takeover is putting young and enthusiastic entrepreneurs’ raise the bar in a...

Impaired Assets

Banks are the new money shops. They sell products and make money. But it is not always that they earn. They lose too. Syed...

Securing Future

 Around 42,000 claims worth Rs 2000 crore settled post floods by top four insurance companies making it one of the biggest claims in Asia....

Silken Strokes

Everybody in the family thought he is overqualified to be a carpet weaver. But this fine arts student was dreaming of a revolution in...

Jail tales

Picked up by BSF on suspicion during troubled 90s, Riyaz Ahamd Hajji ended up spending 19 years in torture centres and jails across India....

Shopian Security Fallout: 3 Boys Slapped with PSA; Half a Dozen Detained in Last...

by Syed Asma SRINAGAR: In South Kashmir’s Shopian, which is on edge at the moment, three boys were slapped with controversial public safety act (PSA)...

Discriminated lot!

by Syed Asma I am born in a family full of daughters.We are five sisters and have no brother. On hearing this, people usually sympathize...

A Backward Push?

In the din of neutralizing J&K’s exclusivity in the Indian federation, a right-wing think tank has finally sought judicial intervention questioning Presidential powers. Syed...

Neta Secrets

As two tainted congress men fight it out in public revealing their worst kept secrets, Kashmir watches in silence. Syed Asma reports whatever is...

Forgotten Hakeems

Nestled in old lanes of Srinagar, Hakeems are struggling to survive in face of modernity. Syed Asma talks to some of the surviving practitioners...

Craft Smith

They can make a replica of any complicated foreign machine in a day’s time. The famous German Khars of old city, whose client list...

 Chocked Life

Every time it rains Srinagar gets panicky. A few centimeters of rainfall can put life out of gear and turn business streets into rivulets. Syed Asma reports...

Worth Admiring

No one understands Kashmiri society like Dr Bashir Ahmad Dabla. Despite suffering from Parkinson’s disease for last 15 years, the professor refuses to give...