Web Revolution
In an age where borders have been transgressed and in fact flattened by web, how has the youth of Kashmir benefitted from this information...
A Dirty Picture
Doordarshan Srinagar was once known for amusing the audiences with its classy content and the variety of programs it produced. But it has lost...
A ‘Star’ Fall
When the former lawmaker, Altaf Kuloo, was caught in Nigeen last fortnight, it triggered a chain reaction: he was placed under suspension by his...
IN MEMORIAM
Eternalising important moments in history as they happen is a faith. Kashmir lost one of its most remarkable journalists, Izhar Wani, last Wednesday. His...
Why I Kept Izhar’s Illness A Secret From The Fraternity In Delhi?
One of Izhar Wani’s earlier mentors, Sheikh Qayoom, a veteran journalist himself remembers the ‘gentleman of the tribe’ as someone who managed a smile...
‘National Press’ Ingress
by Shujaat Bukhari
The Chandigarh based leading newspaper, Tribune recently made an entry into the media market in Jammu and Kashmir by launching its “Jammu...
A News Report, A Homecoming
An accurate news report brings a ‘disappeared’ child back home after being adopted into a new family a thousand miles away from home and...
Letter From The Editor
I am pleased to bring our readers the third consecutive Year-End issue of Kashmir Life. Our theme this time identifies individuals and institutions that...
For A Reporter’s Safety
During a recent protest in Srinagar police and CRPF personnel repeatedly beat up four photojournalists and damaged their equipment. Yet again, complaints were made...
Manipulative or Reality TV?
Young children are quickly switching from watching cartoons, to watching “reality” shows. Khurram Rasool takes a closer look at what this could mean for...
Kashmir’s War Journalists
From Afghanistan to Libya, Iraq to Thailand, the world gets to see the conflict through the cameras and pens of war-groomed Kashmiri journalists. P...
Dateline Srinagar
Associated with the blood soaked Srinagar dateline, Ali Mohammed Sofi had providential escapes many times while reporting from Kashmir. Post retirement he talks to...
Sequestered
After the government cancelled the curfew passes issued to media persons in Kashmir, many of them were stuck in their offices. No newspapers could...
Press curfew
In less than two years newspapers in Kashmir had to stop publications under a strict curfew. And two days later government’s move to give...
Life is a quest
For some it takes a lifetime to know what they want to do with their lives. For some even a life time is not...
