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...
Kashmir: The First Count
As the families across the Jammu and Kashmir area await an enumerator’s doorbell to get counted for the Census 2027, Masood Hussain narrates the...
Inside Kashmir’s Rehabs
Inside Kashmir's rehabilitation centres, former patients describe abuse, isolation and humiliation, raising urgent questions about whether these facilities heal addiction or deepen the trauma,...
The Hajj That Was
From medieval sultans to wandering mystics, Kashmir's long relationship with the Hajj made it both a way-station for Makkah-bound Central Asian pilgrims and a...
VMS: Dignity in Motion
The Voluntary Medicare Society has evolved into Kashmir’s premier rehabilitation centre for persons with severe disabilities, built on the vision and commitment of a...
JK Bank: Peak Profits
In fiscal 2025-26, JK Bank rewrote its own record books with a historic high profit of Rs 2363 crore and won back investor confidence...
Kashmir and Bangladesh: Binding Threads
Kashmir and Bangladesh sit at opposite ends of the Himalayan arc, yet their ties run deep and old. Medical students, apple traders, accidental models,...
Kashmir’s Street Vendors
Kashmir's street vendors, 17,950 strong enough to receive government loans, are no longer just the poor. They are the educated unemployed, surviving Kashmir's economic...
A Kashmiri’s Ride Through Fire
A Kashmiri moto-vlogger set out alone to circle the globe, only to find himself riding through a Middle East in flux. In Iran, as...
Kashmiris at Sea
From the still shikara waters of Dal Lake to the high-stakes Strait of Hormuz, a quiet generation of Kashmiri men is navigating some of...
Kashmir’s Saffron Squeeze
Kashmir's saffron, the world's most expensive spice, faces collapse from climate change, failed government schemes, illegal Iranian imports, land loss, and wildlife, threatening almost...
Hormuz to Hirpora: The War Impact
A distant conflict in the Strait of Hormuz is forcing Kashmir to unlearn a century of energy evolution. The kerosene lamp is coming back....
A Ramzan Too Heavy
Kashmir's Muslims fasted through Ramzan 2026 as a market collapse at home and a chain of distant events left little room for peace of...
