Deconstructing Budshah
Kashmir’s medieval Sultan Zain-ul-Abideen was tolerant, secular, humane and lover of knowledge and art. He built Kashmir and faced challenges as any other ruler...
Cashmere in Dubai
Hundreds of Kashmiris toiled hard in Middle East’s coastal desert to become part of Dubai’s golden-glass growth story. Belatedly, they started following other expat...
Waiting for Papa
As their father languishes in Delhi’s Tihar jail for last 21 years, four daughters are doing their bit to keep the family together. Heena...
Why?
As the four districts are trying to get a semblance of routine after losing 77 youth in 2016 unrest, amid frequent interventions in bloody...
Deconstructing Disability
Last summer added scores to the already swelled list of conflict induced disables in Kashmir. In order to understand, how the unfortunate individuals are...
Pepper Paradise
In the wild goose chase for something to replace the deadly darker pellets, the government got pepper and PAVA. As the government is still...
12 Years Later
Twenty three days after the Sarojni Nagar blasts killed 62 people and left 210 injured, Delhi Police swooped on two homes in Kashmir and...
Reluctant Rebels
That was 2012 when three friends had come home after evening prayers that there was a killing in neighbourhood. Next morning, they were in...
Faithfully Disowned
As the ruling bipolar grouping gets into second year of its version 2.0, tensions are increasing within the small Muslim minorities scattered across Dogra...
Oh, Jana
The hope of having him alive keeps Jana Begum going. A witness to five deaths in last two decades, the old lady is waiting...
2010 Killings ‘Admitted’
M L Koul Commission that was entrusted with the investigations of 2010 unrest, belatedly in 2014, has finally submitted its report. Recommending one case...
A Militant for 53 days
Nobody knew what was going inside his teenager mind, till Basit Dar left and disappeared. For the next 53 days, he was faced with...
Weaving Wonders
Two friends are determined to revive the once famous art of crochet or Koereshi, by using social media. Heena Muzzafar met the duo to...
That Last Drive
Shams Irfan spent 24 hours in Tral and was part of the multiple funeral prayers that swelling mourners offered on July 9. Five months...
Death of Fear
Fear is a key element of managing abnormal situations and it has been in vogue for decades now in Kashmir. With youth clashing with...
