Kashmir: A Fisherman’s Tale
At the peak of mutiny in 1857, when Maharaja Gulab Singh’s death turned fish into forbidden fruit, Srinagar paid a savage price for the...
The Kaeshir Gaad Retreats
Kashmir's endemic freshwater fish, once abundant across the Dal, the Wular and the Jhelum, are disappearing, not into extinction, scientists say, but into a...
Kashmir’s Vanishing Lakes
When nearly three-quarters of Jammu and Kashmir's lakes disappear or shrink, a region's ecological identity, and its people's safety and livelihood, hang in the...
Kashmir: Springs of Silent Death
From Ganderbal to Shopian, Kashmir's sacred springs and trout canals are witnessing mass fish die-offs, a crisis born of blocked outlets, sewage, algal blooms,...
Kashmir’s Rising Waters
Seemingly, Kashmir is rewriting its coldwater fisheries story, from subsistence catch to a technology-driven, export-ready industry, reports Mir Rameez Raja
Kashmir has always been trout...
Kashmir: Wullar’s Dying Waters?
Asia's largest freshwater lake is shrinking, and so is the world of the thousands who depend on it, reports Asrar Syeed
Seven hours on the...
Sukhnag Sighs
Legal proceedings before the National Green Tribunal, triggered by three years of illegal riverbed mining, could force restoration of Kashmir's iconic Sukhnag trout stream...
Kashmir: An April In February
Kashmir is witnessing unprecedented February warmth in 2026, with temperatures 9–10°C above normal, early tree blooming, drought, reduced snowfall, and rising concerns for apple...
Kashmir’s Herbal Decline
Kashmir’s medicinal plants are retreating to higher altitudes as climate change alters seasons, threatening biodiversity, traditional healthcare, and centuries of local knowledge, reports Afreen...
Kashmir’s NH-701A Dilemma
Proposed NH-701A promises connectivity across Kashmir but raises serious ecological, cultural and governance concerns amid fragile Himalayan terrain and exemptions, writes M Saleem Beg
In...
Kashmir’s Brown Trout Returns
Kashmir’s brown trout revival blends science, ecology and economics, settling extinction debates while reshaping angling tourism and cold-water conservation efforts, reports Syed Shadab Ali...
Kashmir’s Forgotten Burza
Kashmir’s white birch, once integral to the Valley’s traditions of writing, architecture, culture, and medicine, has largely vanished from the plains, prompting concerns over...
Kashmir’s Hangul Guardians
A third-generation wildlife conservationalist from Kashmir, Kashif Farooq Bhat, blends family legacy with scientific training to protect the critically endangered Hangul, confronting habitat loss,...
‘In India, Yearly Plastic Consumption Has Reached 11 Kgs Per Person’
Kamal Jit Ghai, the former Director of the Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology, explains how plastics, an unavoidable requirement of the present...
Kashmir’s Mining Mess
In Kashmir, the vanishing of rivers, streams, and springs tells a larger story, one of greed unchecked, authority compromised, and ecology undone. From Budgam...
