The War Literature
Except for the 1962 war with China, all of India’s major wars have been with Pakistan. In the aftermath of Operation Sindoor, a new...
Kashmir’s Own Frame
From colonial-era cameras to Cannes premieres, Kashmiri filmmakers are moving from being subjects of the lens to storytellers behind it, in Kashmir and abroad,...
Kashmir: The Film Festival
Kashmir hosted a film festival, drawing global filmmakers to Srinagar, Gulmarg and Jammu, even as some homegrown artists questioned whether the revival included them,...
Kashmir: Two Events, Two Worlds
The contrasting ideas of revival, one exploring silence and the other exhorting slogans, were put forth in the city last week. Kashmir needs more...
Banking In Kashmir 2026
Deposits crossed Rs 2.16 lakh crore and advances Rs 1.32 lakh crore in FY 2025-26, yet Jammu and Kashmir Bank's own lending market share...
A Girl’s Ultimate Betrayal
The rape, impregnation and death of a minor Gujjar girl, along with her stillborn child, in Chatroo is emerging as a pitiless story of...
Kashmir’s Willow Wails
Kashmir's Rs 700-crore willow-bat industry, feeding nearly 400 units and 1.5 lakh livelihoods, is bleeding raw material to smugglers even as manufacturers themselves stay...
Kashmir’s Pellet Memories
Ten years after pellet guns blinded protesters in Kashmir, a Bollywood trailer, Delhi protests and a local political row have reopened old wounds, reviving...
Kashmir’s Roadside Breakfast
For generations, Masaal Tchot has been one of Kashmir's most cherished roadside breakfasts. Today, it is much more than a morning snack. Sold from...
Kashmir: Deadly Monsoons
Cloudbursts and flash floods tore through Jammu and Kashmir over three days, killing more than 28 people, sweeping away homes and vehicles, and forcing...
Kashmir: Constrained Curriculum
A government-mandated textbook monopoly has lowered costs but triggered concerns over academic quality, editorial standards and learning outcomes, forcing many families to rely on...
Kashmir’s New Tourists
Kashmir's tourism has shifted from elite, culture-seeking foreign travellers toward value-conscious domestic crowds, prompting debate over whether European-era infrastructure still suits today's changed visitor...
Kashmir: Waste Promises
Jammu and Kashmir’s circular economy policy sets ambitious targets for 2035, but the gap between vision and ground reality reveals a region still drowning...
Kashmir: Mauled Twice
As wild animal attacks surge across Jammu and Kashmir, 278 deaths and thousands of injuries over two decades, survivors face not just trauma but...
‘World History is Buried in Kashmir’
Prominent geologist Prof GM Bhat tells Masood Hussain that Kashmir's rocks hold the world's most complete record of Earth's greatest extinction, that humans walked...
