Umar Mukhtar
Umar Mukhtar is a Srinagar based journalist. He is covering human rights and the changing political landscape of the valley.
The Low Footfall
After the government evacuated tourists at the peak of a successful tourist season in August, Umar Mukhtar sees no change on ground yet after...
Blockade Devastation
Switching off the internet and mobile communication has not hit the software development and BPO alone but has rendered thousands jobless in other sectors...
Forced Migration?
Umar Mukhtar in Jammu found that tens of thousands of Kashmiris had already migrated in anticipation of the yearly durbar move
On September 24, maneuvering...
Killing Time
With communications blocked, the entire population is having a lot of time but not knowing what to do with it. Umar Mukhtar meets the...
The Forbidden Fruit
With orchards as deserts as Srinagar streets, Kashmir’s apple cart may upset the economy, reports Umar Mukhtar
Every morning, Ali Mohammad, an apple grower in...
Unconventional Carpentry
Umar Mukhtar tells the remarkable story of a carpenter who, after an accident, remained limited to his wheelchair for three years and then decided to...
‘Lobbyism in JCKA has restricted the flow of young talent in J&K’
Kashmir’s cricket star Parvez Rasool inspired an entire generation of youngsters to dream big. But lack of infrastructure and infighting in Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association...
3D Artist
A young boy draws jaw-dropping works without ever been part of an art class, reports Umar Mukhtar
It takes degrees and a lot of experience for...
Painful Walk
A young boy who was inflicted by polio in his childhood could not bear the economic crisis of his ailing parents. The specially-abled drags...
Unconventional Healer
A young lady doctor found a peculiar crisis among the city girls; they lacked access to better personal management during the specific days of...
Kashmir’s First Lady Everester
Umar Mukhtar meets the 26-year-old Zewan girl who is the first Kashmiri Muslim woman who has scaled Mount Everest
Nahida Manzoor, 23, a resident of...
Now, There Is A Non Kashmir Pellet Blind, From Bihar
by Umar Mukhtar
PULWAMA: The protests that followed Ansar Gazwat ul Hind chief Zakir Musa’s killing in an encounter in Tral area of Pulwama district, on May 25,...
Dial For A Gift
She was in the MBA classroom when she started her business from her upmarket residence. She takes orders for gifts on social media from...
Painting Pain
Forced by the situation to drop out of the school to support his labourer father, a young man has kept drawing despite adverse situations,...
Following Fathers To Graves
In south Kashmir that witnessed a spurt in militancy, post-Burhan Wani, Umar Mukhtar traced a couple of rebels who followed the suit of their...
