Not Good, Guddi
25 years of conflict has flipped many fortunes. When Basharat Shah, a Batamaloo gold medallist from AMU disappeared, his family changed forever. Guddi, his...
Facing The Music
Gulzar Bhat left carpet weaving and opted for carving out a niche of his own from the surging ‘faith business’. In a society preoccupied...
Kashmir: The Haj Economy
Almost every year, more than 30,000 Muslims go on Haj and Umrah pilgrimages from Jammu and Kashmir and spend more than Rs 750 crore....
Coalition at Crossroads
Rahul Gandhi and Omar Abdullah have been swearing by the relationship that the two political dynasties have had for generations in Jammu and Kashmir....
Selfless Grower
Right now when apple is facing crippling market adversity, the desperate grower is making every effort to keep the wheel of the Kashmir economy...
Celebrating Baglihar?
Kashmir was subcontinent’s second place after Mysore that had access to hydropower, albeit limited to the Palace at Zabarwan Hills and the M A...
Minority Minions?
As a Parliamentary Committee strongly suggests J&K government must consider declaring migrant Kashmiri Pandits a minority given the “pitiable condition” they live in, R...
Eventful Death In Custody
The story has all the elements of high political drama. Two clashing narratives, of the family and the Chief Minister, wrapped around in thick...
Missing Identity
Abandoned by their families and stigmatized by the community, the members of third gender in Kashmir are battling for their survival in an unjust...
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...
Royal Nuts
For five weeks every fall, Sweet Chestnuts sell roasted on the Srinagar city streets at a cost not matched by any other fruit. Humaira...
Second Innings
With power as the target, government employees don neta caps post-retirement to restart “public service” while enjoying impunity for the past. Safwat Zargar dwells...
Alam in Uproar
At the peak of 2010 mass unrest, police put a million rupees booty on his head. When arrested, cops got Rs 25 lakh instead....
Historian Hangloo
On the eve of the publication of his ninth major book, historian Prof Rattan Lal Hangloo spent a few days in Srinagar after a...
Turf Wars
The first post-5/8 election for the newly created developmental bodies across Jammu and Kashmir has neither prevented established politicians from jumping into the micro-constituencies...
