Cavemen In Folklore
The ground realities could be hugely different from what the TV cameras record. Masood Hussain details his first-hand account about a gun battle in...
In Nature’s lap
by Khursheed Wani
April has never been wet in two decades in a colossal way as this year in Kashmir. The cyclonic circulation induced by the...
Thailand: Sea, Sand and Sunshine
By: Shams Irfan
As the airbus began to descend towards Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport, a mélange of hues: green, neon, grey, blue and red, started to...
The mountain Stone Horse
By Shah Faesal
On February 16, morning I started off from Baglihar with my team of engineers to take stock of pre-construction works of one...
Streetlights and Hairstyles
By Tabish Rafiq Mir
Streetlights and supermarkets, shopping malls and ships, traffic lights and terraces, autos with meters and buses with tickets (and not sprouting...
Trip to Valley of Shepherds
Muhammad Raafi
Route to Pahalgam never stops fascinating you. It is not only ‘picture perfect’, but equally intriguing, making one feel: whether it is meeting...
A Trip to Wilayat
London first stuck in my mind like glue when I was a boy. Zan Chi Landan Gatsun (As if you’re going to London), I...
Pakistan, You don’t Know
Shams Irfan
Carrying a thousand Salams (greeting) for the Pak Watan (Sacred nation) – from friends, relatives, neighbours, acquaintances, people I know and I don’t...
Arabian Nights
Journalist Sheikh Qayoom is a grandfather but has not forgotten his childhood winters which were quite different, adventurous and interesting then
The winter of my...
Majestic Maldives
Dr Qayum Hamid Changal
I landed in Maldives on January 10, 2014. With dreams in my heart and vision wide and clear, it was a...
My Kabul in Kashmir
Mona Hossaini ‘Araste’
I had three options to choose from to pursue my post graduation: Iran, Russia and Kashmir. And I choose the last one...
With ‘Super’ People
PDP’s youth activist Javaid Trali spent 30 days in the US under State Department funded International Visitors Leadership Programme (IVLP). He says Americans impressed...
Bhutan In Kashmir
Kabita Kharka
I had always heard about the beauty of Kashmir. Snow-capped mountains, lush green forests, fresh meadows and a variety of flowers is how...
The Golden Cage
Shafinur Shafin
I had heard of the fabled beauty of Kashmir as early as my childhood days. The words, Kashmir is a heaven on the...
Reliving Waltengo
Flattened by snow storm a decade ago, Waltengo Nar in South Kashmir’s Qazigund area is completely a different place now. The change has redefined...
