Media

The fury of Jhelum that unleashed hell in summer capital inundating properties and putting people at risk triggered a rescue mission spearheaded by countless local brave-hearts and media men. Kashmir Life details the rescue efforts shouldered by...

As the internet shutdown continues into 2020, making it the longest internet gag in the history of democracy, reports Umar Mukhtar By the year-end when the internet gag would cross 150 days, it will be...

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 passes to accredited journalists was aimed at countering the criticism...

Come winters and Kashmir’s traditional storytellers would get instantly busy, not in so distant past. In absence of the modern tools of entertainment, storytellers were in demand and the tradition survived generations of occupation...

  Artist Masood Hussain’s depiction of current crisis in Kashmir is both painful and thoughtful expression.  Saima Bhat reports The sight of overcrowded Ward 8 of SMHS hospital Srinagar, where mostly pellet hit kids were treated,...

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 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...

As one of world’s oldest reel-news agency moves its 85000 motion films from safe houses to social media for free, Kashmir gets its bit of history live. R S Gull scans the archive to...

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,...

by Khursheed Wani The killers had no intention to alert or intimidate Shujaat Bukhari. They came to eliminate him and left the site only after their perverted mission was accomplished on June 14, evening.  The...

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...

With the internet offering people the superhighway of information and knowledge, youth living in the pre-digital periphery are getting virtually cosmopolitan by watching their choice of global content, reports Babra Wani In 2014, Saba’s cousin...

By Durdana Bhat I don't decide to represent anything except myself, Mahmoud Darwish once said, but that self is full of collective memory. These words of the prominent Palestinian poet resonated when someone from my community...