Weather Costs
With Kashmir emerging as the crucible for climatic change, the freak weather has started taking a toll on the small agrarian economies, reports Mariah Shah
The...
‘Ice Stupas Were Copied In Switzerland, Skardu, Peru and Sikkim’
People who watched Amir Khan’s Three Idiots might not have forgotten the character named Phunsukh Wangdu. He is a living legend of Ladakh who...
Preserving Natural Heritage
With 60000 specimens, the 51-year-old Kashmir University Herbarium (KASH) is the only address for studying the diverse plant basket of Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh....
Next Tosamaidan?
After winding up its half-a-century-old gory shell-campaign at Tosamaidan in 2014, army is exploring alternative area. Bajpathri, the fascinating meadow between Pulwama, Budgam and...
History’s Major Snowfall
Every time there is a snowfall, the media chases the weatherman asking about the dates when it snowed more last time. Even elders are...
Autumn Angling
With harvest over and the Lidder reporting low discharge, hundreds of youth report to the river and take tons of fish home, for most...
Harassed Hokerser
A sponge of Srinagar city and the key destination of the migratory birds, Hokersar is facing problems within and around involving almost everybody, report...
Spewing Black
Quick cash was the key factor for hundreds of farmers in Budgam to lease their lands to brick kiln owners. Decades later, they have...
Introspecting The Deluge
As Kashmir was inches away from a flood in early July, the National Institute of Disaster Management came with its report about the debilitating...
Budshah’s Nallai Mar
For ages, rulers in Kashmir have constructed canals to improve life and production. But there is no ruler who could come even closer to...
Feel The Change
by Khursheed Wani
On January 18, a 24-year-old skier from Sweden Daniel Naat fell into a deep gorge in Gulmarg heights and died. When a...
Playing With Peaks
With the death of 10 workers under a massive landslide in Ramban, while working on a road project, the focus is back to the...
Snow Bites
As Kashmir was heading towards completing 100 days under restrictions and lockdown, an early snowfall pushed the Valley into yet another crisis at huge...
Ravaged Rivers
The unchecked riverbed mining is ruining Kashmir’s rivers, impacting fish and agriculture but the government is yet to intervene to put brakes on it,...
A trip to Kousarnag
By Danish Ahmad
Kousarnag- located roughly 141 miles from Srinagar, is considered one of the attractive sites. Every year, thousands of trekkers make the grueling...
