Showbiz altar
They are earning good money but would like to quit if they can. Shazia Yousuf delves into the lives of girls that work in locally produced Kashmiri music albums as dancers.
A young man picks...
Exporting Entertainment
With the closure of internet, one of the key sectors that suffered severely in a highly stressed society was the entertainment. Understanding the emerging requirement, a middle aged man resurrected his ailing business to...
Covid In Newsroom
With six of its staffers down with Covid-19 infection, the newsroom has been closed for a week now. Masood Hussain narrates how while covering it, the dreaded virus caught up with the Kashmir Life...
Good, old Radio
When all others modern means of connectivity got washed out in recent floods it was the good old radio set that helped people stay in touch. Hakeem Rouf Qadir tells how a century old...
Innovating Sufi music
Shazia Khan
They are becoming a phenomenon with more than 12 chart-busters since January. Literally Irfan Nabi and Bilal Ahmad of newly created Sufi Band have succeeded in changing the face of traditional Kashmiri Music.
Ask...
Digital Dreams
As India starts to digitalize its cable network, people in Kashmir stick to cables for love of Pakistani channels. Safwat Zargar talks to the people to know what drives their preferences
While the process of...
Hunting Stories
From war in Afghanistan to political unrest of Nepal, from developmental issues in Loas and Cambodia to conflict in Kashmir, Syed Nazakat has covered all in his 12 years of Journalism. Syed Asma talks...
Rusting Lenses
More than six months after freelance news-photographer Kamran Yousuf returned home, Muhammad Younis could not get much from the reticent young man. But the rusting cameras hanging around told the story
On March 15, evening,...
Why Do I see Shamim Ahamd Shamim As Keats of Urdu Journalism?
On the death anniversary of the prominent editor, orator, and politician, Shamim Ahmad Shamim, kindly read a lecture that former government officer and prolific writer, Zahid G Muhammad delivered on May 16, 2005, at...
A Tragic Death
Journalist Javaid Ahmad dies of sudden cardiac arrest while on way to his office, Umar Mukhtar, his friend writes
In a tragic development, Javaid Ahmad, 31, the senior Rising Kashmir newspaper reporter died of a heart...
Decade of Difference
In 2009, when Ms Jawahara Shawl decided to launch Kashmir Life, she just hoped to promote a small media venture that is distinct in its coverage and approach to the issues. But she never...
GORE AND PAIN
Kashmir Life has completed first year of its publication – a year that we will remember as painful, challenging but satisfying. Conventional wisdom called for a celebration and the KL team did consider it....
Kashmir’s Internet Exodus
Almost six-month-long internet shutdown led to the migration of businesses, students, research scholars, outside the valley.they had to uproot their bases and start afresh to survive and sustain the blackout. Most of them have decided...
A Smile Cut Short
An enterprising photojournalist Mushtaq Ali’s story was cut short by a parcel bomb meant for fellow journalist Yusuf Jameel. Shazia Khan reports the travails of his family.
(Photographer Mushtaq Ali)
Twenty-seven-year-old Mushtaq Ali worked as a...
