Love, That Wasn’t?
The reluctant love marriage that recently ended with suspicious death of an English teacher of Srinagar seems to have an uncanny resemblance with a...
Poppy Pop Up
Marijuana is outdated. Now poppy cultivation is popular in Kashmir because it yields better, faster, is less labour intensive and has a niche market...
Bride Burners
The alarming trend in which families resort to kerosene and a match-stick instead of counselling, to manage conjugal discord, is worrisome. A society that...
Man Behind the Mask
Only an investigation will reveal if the Bandipora shootout that killed Altaf Dar, J&K Police’s larger than life investigator, was a chase or a...
Dream Chaser
He tried his hands at teaching and then working for the government, but there was something that kept him looking for more. Saima Rashid...
Ah, Set Afire
With conflict dominating the discourse, the ugly side of Kashmir’s routine is consigned to individual memory. To this was added a mother of two...
Driven to Death!
With an alarming rise in domestic violence cases women find themselves in a fix between reporting abuse and saving their marriages. Muntaha Mehraj Hafiz reports...
An Addict’s Story
He started smoking for fun but once he landed in a college in Delhi things turned ugly. With drugs like cocaine and cannabis easily...
Memon Memories
As Yakub Memon’s hanging triggered a debate across India, various Kashmiris knowing Mumbai’s Tiger after 1993 refreshed their memories telling Bilal Handoo how Delhi...
Predators @ Work
With just 3 cases a year related to harassment of women at workplaces reported in Kashmir, we are a proud lot. But one look...
Petty Thefts, Big Deal
Is it the kick that makes one steal petty things like plants, manhole covers, railings, telephone cables, flower pots etc or the money behind...
Judging the Victims!
Gulzar Peer’s acquittal shocked everybody including police. With fake Peer back behind bars and case listed in the High Court, Saima Bhat takes a...
Tracking a High
Among the substance abused, Codeine Phosphate has emerged as one of most sought after addicted drug in valley over the years. With police seizing...
Cracking Acerbic Case
A crime of passion that surfaced in Srinagar three days before it went to polls created a furore of condemnation and panic. After 14...
Being A Woman!
Be it workplace harassment, eve-teasing, indecent gestures at places of study, or violence at home, women live through unending nightmare in a ‘man’s world’....
