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.
A Unique Character, Koshur!
Give him power and he will use it against his fellow citizens. Give him authority and he will exploit the vulnerable for his own...
Protecting Faith
If a practicing Muslim deviates from the fundamental principles laid down in Islam, it can be deemed blasphemous. In Kashmir, ignorance of guiding theological...
Dumping Woes
The debate around Achan dumping site misses one important element: the security of kids living in the neighbourhood from canine dogs. Syed Asma spends...
Our Thanga-Ta Star
Nine-year-old Zakariya Yasin is perhaps the youngest Thanga-Ta star from Kashmir who recently won the gold medal in South Korea. Syed Asma chats with...
Cycling To Success
It was his brother’s bicycle that stirred Akbar’s passion for cycling. After a number of medals and titles to his credit, Akbar hopes to...
Don’t Burn The Wheel
Introduction of GI tagging in pashmina has raised hope for revival of handmade product in Kashmir. If implemented properly, experts believe that the technological...
The Young Sopori
Keeping his family’s tradition alive, young music maestro Abhay Rustum Sopori mesmerized local audiences with his compositions at controversial Zubin Mehta concert. Syed Asma...
“Our political culture is more rhetoric rather than real”
Former spokesperson of Peoples Conference Junaid Azim Mattoo, tells Syed Asma that political parties in Kashmir still revolve around individuals and not ideologies.
Kashmir Life:...
Bollywood Dreams
In 2008, Danish Bhat, a small village boy from south Kashmir, followed his childhood dream of becoming an actor all the way to Mumbai....
A Fruitful Bonding
A new lot of young entrepreneurs are investing huge money in Controlled Atmosphere Storageunits to help growers keep their produce safe. Syed Asma reports...
7D Entertainer
Started with an intention to review the valley’s defunct theatre culture, an engineer turned businessman Sheikh Raashid is attracting crowds to Kashmir’s first 7D...
An Evolving Family
What started as a monthly exercise to mark their protest against forced disappearances of their loved ones, has now become a stress buster for...
“NC in last five years did nothing but played rival politics. They made our...
Sheikh Muhammed Hussain Lutfi, Chairman Imam Khumaini Trust, Kargil, tells Syed Asma that alliance with Congress is in the interest of Kargil.
Kashmir Life: People...
“How does it matter what the police say? Let police say what they want!...
BJP’s state unit president and MLA Jugal Kishore Sharma tells Syed Asma that Kishtwar crisis is part of a larger conspiracy to force minorities...
Invisible Imams
While religion evokes emotions and generosity among Kashmiris the people who preach it struggle to feed their families. Once highly respected class of the...
