A Spark of Genius
Young people in Kashmir are putting their creative genius to use and innovating products to mechanise day to day activities. Hamidullah Dar narrates the...
Nailing A Demon
In a system where human rights are violated with impunity, few dare to fight a battle for justice. Shazia Khan narrates the story of...
De-Stinging AFSPA
Both the government and opposition are talking loud about the need to repeal Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and expressing helplessness to revoke...
Fighting impunity
Masooda Parveen does not seek compensation. She seeks justice. The 44-year-old widow is fighting a lone battle to punish the perpetrators of her husband’s...
I Want A Road
by Shamim Meraj
Last week when I was driving down to work, I saw this scribbled on the back of a truck “I want better...
Honouring post date
Dr Sheikh Showkat Hussain
Legally Aligarh Muslin University is supposed to work for advancement of educational and cultural needs of Muslims. Consequently it has to...
Curtains up on Drama festival
A play on Dal Lake mesmerizes audience
Tanveen Kawoosa
To strike a chord with theatergoers, the weeklong Drama festival (from March 18 to 25) organized by...
A Sweeping initiative
His initiative is not just an employment opportunity, it is social cause. Owais Shafi Bhat is responsible for the maintenance of hygiene at 10...
At War With Itself
The non-English speaking Pakistan, unlike the English speaking is not laughing much and a big section of the liberal, wealthy Pakistanis seem to have...
Khundroo Ammo Depot: A constant torment
Live fuses, shells, and landmines scattered in villages around Khundroo Ammunition Depot are haunting a population, who are losing lives and limbs to stray...
She deserves graceful commuting
by Shazia Yousuf
When you get in, they are damp with summer perspiration. When you sit in, the sticky dirt steals your morning freshness. Its...
Renegade Politics
Kashmir’s uneasy relationship with the New Delhi has many dimensions. Principal among these are constitutional, political and economic. But the most pervasive and enduring...
Home and the World
Shamim Meraj
It was with nervous steps that I walked out of the British Airways flight on to the tarmac of the Heathrow Airport in...
Ghosts from Kashmir
Eric Margolis
The U.S. strategic think-tank, Rand Corp, estimated a nuclear exchange between India and Pakistan would initially kill two million, wound 100 million, and...
The wheel is slowing
A potter’s wheel once carved out almost all household goods. But now the use of earthenware is limited as polythene and plastic have replaced...
