Managing 1947 Mayhem
After the erstwhile J&K state was sliced into two halves amid massive demographic upheavals, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was the...
Two Bullets, One Tragedy
The two boys were neighbours who would play volleyball on two sides of the net. Eventually one landed in police and another in private...
Erasing A Village
The roaring Neelum river on the banks of which once lived a village eventually separated them forever. Then a new situation reunited the two...
Lineage of Dissent
A series of studies commissioned to understand various genetic disorders revealed stunning realities that genetically Kashmir gene pool is hugely closer to Turkish, Iranian...
Militant friends in Ikhwan Town
Amid a raging debate over how Hajin, the fountainhead of erstwhile ruthless counter-insurgency, became militancy’s posh address, Shams Irfan spent days in the belt...
Sameer Koul on Cancer in Kashmir
A surgeon for nearly three decades, Dr Sameer Koul has a global exposure in managing the people afflicted by cancer. He has never stopped...
Rebel Cops?
Occasionally, some of the young men recruited by various uniformed services in Kashmir desert and join the rebels. Though a proper investigation by their...
Horror Hills
Exposed directly to the extremity of conflict, Kashmir’s serious distressed border belts will take a long time to become normal. More than shells and...
Sanctum Security
Part of the faith heritage, shrines help decipher Kashmir’s historic and socio-economic narrative. In twenty-first century, a shrine is lost to a fire every...
Once Again
In the midst of Doval doctrine, BJP identified the “right moment” to engage with Kashmir politically. As Dineshwar Sharma, a man from the security...
Growing Global Apple
Within less than a year, a state funded scheme has started changing Kashmir periphery. Growers have started understanding the importance of axing more than...
Rare Survivor
Barely eight and he lost his family in 1947 riots with Hari Singh in town. Not knowing why they were killing each other, he...
Pathan Remembers
Witness to the goriest 1990s, former police officer Israr Khan was part of the set-up that escorted Kashmiri Pandits out of Kashmir, on Jagmohan’s...
Mehand Murders
Homes and properties getting up in smoke are not so uncommon in Kashmir. But blasting a home along with its inmates is something that people...
Murdered Motherhood?
Lack of facilities and staff in state run hospitals is putting the lives of Kashmir’s mothers and their babies in danger. Saima Bhat spends some...
