What LoC!
Four villages in the remote picturesque valley of Gurez, almost treacherous 150 kilometers from Srinagar, have had no milk for past more than 10...
Tiger Ladies
Kashmiri women have been at the forefront of political and social movements. Now they are writing books, mostly on contemporary issues. Syed Asma reports
This...
Kashmir’s New Bourgeoisie
For five years, 33849 elected individuals would decide over the basic socio-economic development of 76 percent of J&K’s population. Kashmir Life looks into Kashmir’s...
WHO WANTS TO LIVE!
Suicide cases are on the rise in Kashmir with even teenagers as young as 14, attempting suicide. Ibrahim Wani reports on an issue that...
Elusive Power
Salal launched the NHPC, and J&K’s power ambitions in seventies. As successive governments in Srinagar sought its return, an inflexible New Delhi is unmoved...
J&K is NHPC’s Power House
India’s hydropower major NHPC has initiated the process of harvesting wind energy near Salal power station-its profit-making 690-MW flagship project in J&K. The idea...
Getting Married
Supposed to be simple, the marriage has evolved into a complex, elaborate and expensive exercise in Kashmir’s conservative society, reports Ibrahim Wani
It is a...
Sacked
J&K is 'celebrating' 2011 as anti-corruption year, but the headless State Accountability Commission is mocking at the symbolism of India’s second most corrupt state....
Loading the dice
The civil society has started to speak out against corruption, which apparently has become part of life in the state. Last month a group...
High Way To Destruction
Kashmir is losing a generation to drugs, with medicinal opiates being the most abused substances to get a high. Social stigmatisation is keeping many...
FOR LOVE OF THEIR LAND
Many professionals are returning to Kashmir giving up lucrative jobs in foreign countries to contribute in the development and progress of their native land....
OVERWHELMING VOTE
Ongoing panchayat polls have seen heavy voter turnout. Different people have different reasons to contest and participate but will it trigger a change. P...
The grass roots democrats
The elections to the village councils and village heads have seen a diverse set of contestants. Kashmir Life profiles some of the elected and...
The Famous Family
Ravinder Singh Binder won the sarpanch elections in Simbal Camp, a village were migrants from the other side were settled after partition. The village...
MESS OF A TRADE
Ten months after Prime Minister Singh promised to make trans-LoC trade ‘more viable and hassle-free’, President Zardari termed it a ‘pioneering CBM’ on Kashmir....
