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...
The Power of an Idea
They are driven by curiosity and armed with creativity. From harnessing everything from the sun to the ground below, Majid Maqbool reports on Kashmiris...
SUICIDES THESE!
Suicide rate in Kashmir has been alarming. But in many cases after thorough investigations suspected ‘murder’ intentions and evidence of abetment by individuals has...
A Project On Trial
New Delhi and Islamabad claimed victory when the International Court of Arbitration (CoA) issued an interim order that permitted India to go ahead with...
SHROUDED IN SILENCE
Domestic violence in Kashmir seems to be on an increase. Apart from the social and cultural contexts in which it happens, political turmoil also...
Pounds, Dollars, and Dinars
A large destitute population notwithstanding, J&K receives only a fraction of the foreign contributions coming into India every year. Kashmir Life profiles some of...
SPECTRE AND IMPUNITY
Every time a fresh debate surrounding removal of AFSPA is energised, the army raises a spectre to oppose it. Past all other arguments, the...
Wealth of Faith
Religious endowments and various Trusts managing them for the people of different faiths often function as autocratic systems. But as Hussain Danish reports, some...
