Abdul Rahim Rather
Finance and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Abdul Rahim Rather found himself presenting yet financial pedestal after a hiatus of six years. One would have thought...
Idiom of ethnicity
Kashmir has subsumed life in Kashmir. The problem is bigger than the prospect; political positions on the issue have become more relevant than the...
Change may bring about a change
Gowhar Geelani
Whether we want to accept it or not the truth remains that our world is witnessing some positive changes; all our troubles notwithstanding....
Kashmir houseboats shut down as health hazard
The romantic houseboats of Kashmir’s Lake Dal, built by British Raj officials as Himalayan holiday homes, are to be closed down as an environmental...
Recession is here
It was a blessing and a disgrace at the same time as the apparent insulation of J&K’s small economy from the larger mainland market...
Dark and colourful
Yasmeena can see no colours but her fragile hands knit magic with them. Maroosha Muzaffar narrates her story of grid and determination
A mosaic of...
The Bride With A Bomb?
Yasmeena Akhter is claimed by Kashmir militants as a suicide bomber and a martyr. But was she? Basharat Peer pieces together the story of...
I Can Walk English…Talk English…
English mania is a global phenomenon, though English is no mania; It is a necessity. So how can Kashmir lag behind. SHAZIA YOUSUF reports.
Some...
GMC’s MBBS gets MCI threat
After derecognising two PG courses at GMC Srinagar, the MCI has threatened to derecognise the basic MBBS degree of GMC Srinagar for deficiencies in...
Breach in the cement block
The state has allowed an outside player into the cement sector, ending the monopoly of local players. Trade leaders are annoyed at the opening...
The Afghan dilemma
Indications of USA and the UK preparing to exit from Afghanistan has sent the subcontinent into a tizzy. Due to clash of interests between...
Universal Donor
A labourer in a stone quarry, Showkat Ali Wani, runs an NGO dealing with first aid and blood donations. With an O negative blood...
Newsmakers
REOPENED: Kashmiri Pandit Sangharsh Samiti, a body of non-migrant Kashmiri Pandits reopened three century old Sheetal Bhairav temple in Srinagar’s Habbakadal. Over 27 families...
Warming Up Kashmir Homes
An engineer is working hard to warm up Kashmir homes by incorporating a customised central heating system. Rise in living standards is helping make...
