In Retrospect
2012 is history. Like every other year, it was a mixed bag of good, bad and ugly events. Kashmir Life revisited different sectors to...
Survival Tales
Trained across the LoC, they fought in Kashmir, were jailed and set free. Some of them surrendered too. But that didn’t end the uncertainty...
LOST IN TRANSLATION
Ever since the birth of Kashmir conflict, the leadership cutting across ideological divides have traditionally embarked on ambitious dispute- resolution trips to Islamabad. As...
Messy Millions
As crores of rupees flow into the sleepy Letpora hamlet, a dangerous consumerism has set in among the villagers, replacing simplicity and appetite for...
The Daughter
Caught in the vortex of multi-polar violence, Razia Sultan’s fight to trace her disappeared father on both sides of LoC is of epic proportions....
Cementing The Divide
As experts are flying to Srinagar with suggestions and ideas, the invisible LoC is expected to shed a shaky fence for a stronger, impregnable...
TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE
Incarcerated for nearly 17 years in Delhi’s Tihar jail, two youth from Kashmir, who were falsely implicated for their involvement in the 1996 Lajpat...
RAPPER’S REPUBLIC
At the peak of summer agitation in 2010, the wave of Roushan Illahi’s ‘I Protest’ song brought a new cultural phenomenon in Kashmir. SHAMS...
A FOR APPLE
With Rs 2500 crore plus turnover, the Apple cart is the main mover and shaker of Kashmir’s countryside economy. Marketing the produce was a...
VALLEY OF TEARS
Ocean of Tears is the first government funded documentary on Kashmir's human rights crisis. In anticipation of its maiden screening,120000 people watched it. Shams...
The Legend Of Jamia Masjid
The history of Jamia Masjid is a reflection of the history of Kashmir. A monument of resistance politics, the mosque has been witness to...
Karewa Craftsmen
Pampore is usually associated with the costly spice Saffron. But it is rare public knowledge that a vibrant apparel cluster is fighting odds to...
The ‘Other Side’ of Romance
Once they crossed the LoC, Kashmiri youth were the new heroes in Pakistani society. Many married, raised families and lived a happy life. As...
The Black Sheep
Kashmir produces seven million kg of wool a year but lacks the capacity to process even one per cent of it. Sold at throwaway...
Dangers of Democracy
Panchayati Raj Institutions were peddled to usher Kashmir in a new era of gross root development but the mysterious assassinations triggered mass resignations and...
