Half Time Over
Khursheed Wani
The BJPDP coalition is inching towards completion of half of its 6-year term. Post durbar move to Jammu last month, the coalition appears...
Suffering Saffron
Dry spell is a historic reason for the crisis that Pampore is facing in its saffron fields. But it offers volumes about how shoddy...
Red Returns
by Khursheed Wani
Last week parts of capital Srinagar woke up to an unusual sight and activity after a considerable time. Many areas in the...
Conflict in Campus
by Tasavur Mushtaq
The university of Kashmir, the highest seat of learning, is the abode of thousands of knowledge seekers. Since its inception, albeit as...
Remembering Sir Syed
by Khursheed Wani
October 17 evening was unique at picturesque Pahalgam. The fading hoardings with greeting messages for Amarnath pilgrims were out of sync with...
Braids and Choppers
by Masood Hussain
Hair, Hair, Hair, it’s everywhere.
It’s in my bed; it’s on the floor,
it’s behind each and every door.
I sweep, I vacuum and I...
Beefcaked Billa
by Masood Hussain
I remember that 2016 autumn afternoon, when Jalalauddin Baba, Kashmir’s emerging filmmaker, screened his Saving the Saviour in our newsroom. The impressive plot...
88 Portraits
By Masood Hussain
Amnesty International (India) reiterated its demand for banning the use of pellets, and immediate initiation of civilian criminal investigation of personnel involved...
Delayed Dialogue
By Khursheed Wani
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n September 14, lawyers in Kashmir boycotted courts as the long-term president of Kashmir High Court Bar association Mian Abdul Qayoom was...
Nikah Mubarak
By Khursheed Wani
Weddings with extravaganza are linked with the state of normalcy in Kashmir. In 2010, the ministry of home affairs, in its annual...
Reengaging Kashmir?
By Khursheed Wani
Contrary to his 2016 speech on August 15, Prime Minister Narendra Modi this time spoke directly about Kashmir and the plight of...
Conflicts Within
By Khursheed Wani
On August 9, three militants armed with two automatic rifles and a pistol, were passing through Wonibatu, a Tral village, that Sheikh...
A Kashmir Solution?
By Khursheed Wani
A group of Srinagar based lawyers said they have started studying National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) jurisdiction in J&K to build a response,...
A Scary Scenario
Khursheed Wani
There is nothing happening in Kashmir that has not been witnessed and endured by the people in the past. Many people compare the...
A Gasping Gulmarg
By Khursheed Wani
Gulmarg’s tryst with travelers is historic. From the British officers of the Rawalpindi and Quetta garrisons to the Nawabs of undivided Punjab...