Axing Notorious Poplars
By Mir Faizan Anwar
Prettiness of Kashmir is no secret. The verdant and flourishing coniferous forests enveloping the Valley and broadleaved trees in its plains...
Living Dangerously
Timber smuggling is a lucrative but risky business. Many young men have lost their lives while smuggling timber. Hamidullah Dar explores the factors that lead...
Waltengu Nar
Waltengu Nar, a Gujjar village down south completed 17 years of its destruction by a snowstorm on February 19. Almost two-thirds of the village...
Wonder Spring?
A Facebook video showing a spring in a non-descript south Kashmir village following kid’s commands to make its water rise and fall sent hoards...
Carbon Costs
Hunting new tools to fight the winter chill might be a major challenge for Kashmir given the costs its traditional systems extract from its...
Breeding An Epidemic
The hospitals in a Kashmir are ill-equipped to handle the waste, especially bio-medical and radioactive, putting lives and the environment at risk. Ikhlaq Qadri...
A Clean Plan
A pilot project launched in Budgam with an aim to tackle household waste at source ended up achieving eighty percent segregation in three months....
The Prized Lotus
After issuing avalanche warnings in army’s meteorological centre at the outset of his career, Sonam Lotus is a celebrity in Kashmir for his apt...
Weather blues
Subnormal temperatures are making the summer pleasant but crops are bearing the brunt. Haroon Mirani reports on the threats of erratic weather to crops...
Kashmir: Global Warming
by Jalal Ud Din Baba
Since decade’s human kind on the planet earth has pursued unending war with Mother Nature, in particular with earth and...
Work In Progress
A chain of conservation schemes were launched to revive Dal Lake’s lost glory. Equipped with the latest contraption and expert advice from professionals, the...
Into the Marsh
Hundreds of villagers in Dal lake took hard cash and moved out to live far away from the water body. But in Rakhi Aarath,...
Plant Collectors In Kashmir
While studying Botany, students hardly spare a thought about the processes and the people who gave their lives to identify and name the plants...
Drought storm
In Pakistan IFTIKHAR GILANI finds why water issue is upping the ante against India along with the longstanding Kashmir issue.
On my way back to...
Messy Millions
As crores of rupees flow into the sleepy Letpora hamlet, a dangerous consumerism has set in among the villagers, replacing simplicity and appetite for...
