VICIOUS CYCLE
Kashmir is caught in the grip of a vicious cycle of killings and protests, with state enforcing a curfew to break the cycle. Khursheed...
The $ 3000000000 Gamble
India and Pakistan are racing to outdo each other in completing power projects on either side of the LoC on the same river. Finishing...
Wullar Barrage: An Unresolved ‘Question’
construction of a 440-feet long structure with a navigation lock, at the mouth of the Wullar Lake near Ningli in Sopore started in 1984...
IWT: Crisis Management System
Notwithstanding occasional calls for its abrogation, the Indus Water Treaty that governs water sharing system of the Indus basin rivers between India and Pakistan...
Baglihar: Third Umpire’s Way Out
The World Bank appointed Swiss Federal Institute of Technology expert Professor Raymond Lafitte as the neutral expert who heard the two sides over their...
TOO MANY COINCIDENCES
As one more young life was lost to a police tear gas shell, adding to the burgeoning list of youth killed by government’s crowd control measures, Khursheed Wani delves into the phenomenon called stone pelting.
Between devil and deep sea
is hardly any Kashmir photojournalist who has not been injured during stone-pelting or its aftermath. The overkill of the phenomenon has, off late, arisen...
Who are stone-throwers?
The government has a firm belief that stone-throwing is run by a syndicate with political backing. The separatists are largely purported to be the...
AGENT OF CHANGE
In the five years at helm, Haseeb Drabu has brought up J&K Bank’s credit base in the state, brought down expenses and expanded the...
Strong Bank Getting Stronger
J&K Bank defines itself as a bank with local origins, national presence and international standards of service. A relatively small bank as cpmpared to...
Blood For Booty
Macchil murders add one more chapter to the bloody history of fake encounters in Kashmir, where greed for medals and rewards feeds on human...
Getting Engaged Again
After a two year freeze Indo-Pak talks are back with foreign ministers slated to formalise the process in June. And now New Delhi is talking of dialogue with separatists again. Ahmad Riyaz analyses the prospects and the challenges.
FALL OF SRINAGAR
Rated one of the dirtiest cities in India, Srinagar has many more problems than a failed waste disposal and water supply system. The once...
STARS OF WOUNDED PARADISE
In spite of batons, bombs, bullets, blockades, curfews, crackdowns, dannert wires, and discrimination, Kashmiris have excelled, are excelling and will excel. Kashmir Life celebrates...
The wordsmith
The 33-old journalist from Kashmir rose to fame with his book Curfewed Night, a powerful account of Kashmir in conflict. Peer’s book published by...
