Other Side Of Paradise
Natives of Pahalgam, allege that the Master Plan for development and environmental conservation has ignored their right to basic needs while laying out rules....
Perpetuating Confusion
Appointed at the peak of 2010 unrest by the Home Ministry, three interlocutors were mandated to “to identify the political contours of a solution...
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...
ACCESS KASHMIR
(Enter into Jawahar Tunnel: KL Image Bilal Bahadur)
It was once an alternate cart road to main all-weather access routes to Kashmir. A new modern...
STONES AND SILENCE
They are the accused stone-pelters. Their trials in the district courts have lingered on while they wait for others, who are facing PSA, to...
Summertime Kashmir
As Kashmir appears calm again to the desirous tourists, investors are bullish on the sector while the sun shines and the rush is on....
Bollywood Boosting Tourism?
Cinema is one of the most potent mediums of promoting culture, but Bollywood has used Kashmir either for its scenic beauty or to create...
Aborted Zooni, The Film
Twenty-three years ago, hailed as a dream project of the then Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah and noted filmmaker Muzaffar Ali, the shooting of a film on the queen poetess Haba Khatun began with a lot of fan-fare.
Wronged Hostages
A recently released book ‘The Meadow’ shines the light on some of the darkest days in Kashmir’s contemporary history. In the impeccable piece of...
Gore And Gloss
Public memory, particularly of horror, is such a heritage that often guides societies away from feeding conditions that could lead to a repeat of...
IN MEMORIAM
Eternalising important moments in history as they happen is a faith. Kashmir lost one of its most remarkable journalists, Izhar Wani, last Wednesday. His...
Kashmiri Teen’s Trauma Exposes Flawed Indian Justice
SRINAGAR, India, March 8, 2012 (AFP) – Syed Maqbool Shah, an aspiring teacher from Kashmir aged 17, was visiting his brother in New Delhi in June 1996 when police wrongly accused him of taking part in a bombing.
Izhar Poured his heart into reporting the conflict
The Kashmir valley, famously described in an Urdu couplet as “paradise on earth”, is now the heart of the revolt against New Delhi’s rule and has become heavily militarised.
His Look At The Kashmiri Boys And The Law
SRINAGAR, India -- Indian-ruled Kashmir has approved amendments to a tough law that allows detention of people without trial for two years and the arrest of youths as young as 16, an official said Saturday.
Using Tradition To Explain Political Conflict
For 30 years, Rashid Malik has walked the narrow lanes of Srinagar before dawn during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, waking up residents for another day of fasting.
