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Media

Yusuf Jameel, Srinagar

In conflict battered Kashmir when the truth became a casualty and propaganda replaced news, Kashmiris tuned to one source, BBC radio, and its correspondent Yusuf Jameel became a household name. Shazia Yousuf reports.   Born on...

No room for the newsroom

ARSHID MALIK George Orwell wrote the lines, “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” He understood that if you can control what people know about history, if you...

Reliving The Story

It may yet to have come of age, but journalism in Kashmir has grown beyond anybody’s imagination over the past two decades - its share of controversies and failures on many counts notwithstanding. A...

A word for my fraternity

Taking the press freedom and right to information laws at face value Iftikhar Gilani reported fearlessly and objectively without caring for any perceived or real national interest. He has a word of caution for...

The Story of A Rebirth

Charged with espionage and detained for four years, photojournalist Maqbool Sahil wrote books inside the jail. He writes about the torture and his helplessness during his incarceration. I was arrested in Badami Bagh area of...

From unsettled times to repressive freedom

By GAUTAM NAVLAKHA I have little to say. Reason is simple. To report on everyday stable secure life punctuated by some days of turbulence is one thing. But to write day in and day out...

Boom boom boom . . .

The two-decade turmoil has adversely impacted most business in Kashmir, but for the media industry it provided a boost. Haroon Mirani takes a look at the sector. If nothing else, media has grown tremendously in...

Through thick and thin

Newspaper hawkers are known to face rain and sun everywhere, but in Kashmir bullets and batons are a supplement. Ibrahim Wani reports. Even before the sun rises, the newspaper hawkers throughout the world are out...

Costly Images

Photo and video journalists bring news into the bedrooms and are always perceived by people as a glamorous lot. Izhar A Wani writes about the risks and the grit needed to report from conflict...

Unending Search

She doesn’t know if her husband is dead or alive. She gave up search of her missing calligrapher husband who disappeared in troopers’ custody to concentrate on raising her children. She did a good...

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...

Small Is Beautiful

He paints small objects in his small world. He paints anything from sand grains to canvas besides injection vials and bulbs from inside. Sameer Hussain Dar has featured in many TV programmes including on...

The Trendsetter

Khalid Bashir Ahmad recalls his association with Aftab founder Khawja Sanaullah Bhat from the days when journalism in Kashmir was synonymous with the Aftab.  My association with Khawja Sanaullah Bhat or Khawaja Sahab as he...