When Believing ‘Heals’
Despite great advances in medicine, something has remained unchanged. The tradition of faith healing has survived in Kashmir. Shams Irfan caught up with some of...
Trapped in the cycle
The chief minister’s amnesty to hundreds of arrested stone throwing protesters of 2010, ‘Eidi from elders to youngsters’ turned out to be a mirage....
Conflict And Chemistry
Militarized conflicts affect every aspect of social and private life. In Kashmir the last two decades have brought about a mental health catastrophe, but...
STABILITY OF CORRUPTION
Last week the government forced 13 corrupt officials into premature retirement. But a look at the recent history of pervasive and systemic corruption at...
The Winter Market
The traditional Pheran and Kangri may still be the most sought allies to beat the severe cold, but rising incomes and access to modern...
MANAGING ECONOMY
Public finances comprise major part of Kashmir’s economy, leaving government as the main employer, spender and the policy maker. As Finance Ministry is rushing...
Soft and easy
A new entrepreneurship programme for unemployed youth providing soft loans instead of subsidy is being launched to circumvent the cumbersome processes involved in starting...
A Widow’s Life
An overwhelming 91 per cent of widows choose not to remarry in Muslim majority Kashmir as they are stigmatized and their children are not...
Home Alone
A woman bringing up her children on her own is a tough task especially in Kashmir where woman have to face hardships and don’t...
GRIDLOCKED
Despite the hype and promise of trade flourishing on both sides of the Line of Control, the reality is far from ideal. Shams Irfan...
In a Whirlpool
Money, politics and the LOC trade. R S Gull delves into the elements that construct and deconstruct trans-border business.A speaker at a conference on...
Living On The Edge
Accessibility is the first casualty when it snows. But this is just one of the vulnerabilities with which about seven million people have survived...
Power Breakdown
A young boy is murdered simply for being at the wrong place at the wrong time—at a protest for electricity. But his death unearths...
CHIEF MINISTER III
When he became the state’s youngest ever chief minister in the wake of 2008 unrest, little did Omar Abdullah know the complexity of the...
CONSIGNED TO MEMORY
A year gone by leaves us with the kaleidoscope of memories, and also threads of the times’ continuum. Year 2011 may not have been...
