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.
Clicked
When there is a war going on and you hand a gun to a boy, he will learn simply by firing everyday—he learns through...
Risk manager
From an agriculture graduate to top notch financial wizard, Jumsheed Hussain has had a total U-turn in his career. He is probably the only...
Never skip a beat
He topped in the PGI Chandigarh exam, where he pursued DM in cardiology. He is also the pioneer of cardiac electrophysiology in Kashmir. Born...
Designing a dream
Saima Iqbal had a dream. She wanted to become an architect. Her career choice took her to MSIA College of Karnataka University. This was the first time she was away from home; completely on her own.
Piloting A Career
He was born and brought up in a labourer’s family in a Pulwama village around 73 km from Srinagar. His village lacked basic amenities...
