Kashmir: Democracy Costs
As Jammu and Kashmir’s political class races to the assembly in the first election since the fall of 2014, Syed Shadab Ali Gillani reports...
Kashmir Polls: A Curtain Raiser
As Jammu and Kashmir is racing to elect 90 members to the assembly that has lost its authority and sting in the last five...
Jashn e Ramzan 2: Behind the Lens
Shuaib Wani revisits his 30-day non-stop journey with Umar Dar and Shadab Gillani
After the newsroom decided to get into Jashn-e-Ramzan (JeR) 2, with a...
Jashn-e-Ramzan 2: Scripting A Show
Babra Wani recounts how she and her team defied hunger and thirst while researching from the most sensitive religious text a script for a...
Jashn-e-Ramzan 2: Editing An Epic
As editor of the 30-part series, Iqra Akhoon shares her transformative quest, and how the pursuit of excellence can transform both the creator and...
The Making of Jashn-e-Ramzan 2
Four months after travelling more than 3000 km for the 30-episode Jashn-e-Ramzan 2, Syed Shadab Ali Gillani recounts the highs and lows of travelling across...
Kashmir: Rediscovering Beauty Secrets
Using local resources, young men and women are rediscovering Kashmir’s age-old beauty traditions to create innovative skincare products. From saffron-infused creams to rosewater toners,...
Kashmir’s Fashion Frontier
In the last few years, a group of new-age entrepreneurs innovated the tradition and converted it into a fashion statement. The process fetched Kashmir...
Kashmir’s Retiree Renaissance
As ages improve, individuals take their retirement just as a milestone and restart new careers. From venturing into entrepreneurship and re-entering professions to cultivating...
Kashmir’s Extravagant Weddings
Kashmir is witnessing an unsettling shift towards extravagant and ostentatious weddings reducing once-simple ceremonies to history books. Dictated by unreal soap shows on the...
Electing A Rubber Stamp?
As the Ministry of Home Affairs reiterated the provisions outlined in Jammu and Kashmir's post-2019 reorganisation, the political class expressed their anger and frustration...
Kashmir: A Thirsty Village
Four members of a 9-member family in a north Kashmir village died in a road accident while they were driving with 1200 litres of...
A Veteran’s Kashmir Ventures
An Australian teacher gave up his profession and started trekking into the Himalayas till he fell for Kashmir. These off-track treks led him to...
How al-Fatah Was Dismantled?
Before retiring from service during the tumultuous 1990s, IPS officer Ali M Watali played a pivotal role in supervising the arrest of numerous militants...
Medieval Kashmir: Texts and Contexts
Medieval Kashmir witnessed massive shifts in the region’s faith, politics and economy. Credit goes to historian Prof Mohibbul Hasan for offering Kashmir a book...