Model in Mountains
At seven his father became part of Kashmir’s surging collateral damage and at 14 he was formally admitted to an orphanage. Nine years later,...
Historic Exposé
As an unhappy soldier feeling pushed to the wall spilled beans, it helped Kashmir understand its contemporary history better. R S Gull revisits the...
A History’s Witness
K D Sethi is a dark old horse that has been a part of and an intimate witness to some of the most important...
The Virus Hunter
At the forefront of the detection and control of the viral outbreaks within and outside the USA in the last more than 20 years...
Minutes of The Meeting
The All Party Meeting that Prime Minister, Narendra Modi chaired last week could be a turning point for Kashmir politicians. Yawar Hussain talks to some...
circa 1947: A Long Story
After heading Information, Libraries and Archives Departments of J&K Government and retiring as Secretary of the Cultural Academy, Khalid Bashir Ahmad started probing the...
Pashmina Politics
Centuries after Kashmir made Cashmere a global fashion statement, the Rs 600 crore heritage Shawl sector feels compelled to use raw material imported from...
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...
The ‘Atonement’
When Delhi announced the return and rehabilitation policy for the youth who once crossed LoC to become fighters against India, it was a master...
Biscoe’s Kashmir 1935
Missionary educationist, Cecil Earle Tyndale Biscoe (1863–1949) was a key player in pushing Kashmir to modern education and a better understanding of the world...
Killer’s last decade
Serial killer, Major Avtar Singh could have neither fled India without government help nor lived in the US without the local sleuths looking the...
Shot In Shopian
A brief gun-battle triggered a chain of events that consumed seven lives including two young men who joined militancy in different situations, as two...
A Trojan In Hajin
A series of brutal killings by unknown gunmen have frightened the region that was source of scare to most of Kashmir at one point...
Beyond Sadhna Top
As India and Pakistan are shelling each other’s positions, it is the civilian population that suffers the worst. Bilal Handoo spent a day with...
Masjid Matters
From once lively socio-religious places where even affairs of the state used to be discussed mosques are now mere prayer halls. Raashid Maqbool finds...