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...
Love in Tokyo
Born in an Islamabad village, Ehsan Bukhari went to a local government school. Then nobody knew he would end up living in Japan, where...
What a kick
Mehraj-ud-din is not just an inspiration for the footballers of the state but an example for all the youth. Hailing from a modest background,...
Programming Taleem
Khan studied computer programming at home and soon went out to design software to digitize land records in Urdu. Khan’s software was installed on...
Melody
His nervousness didn’t last long, somebody among musicians pulled a string and the singer closed his eyes to sing the first line. The song was a call, from an old father to his disappeared son that lingers between hope and ambiguity.
