Taming The Jhelum
Barring public thinking and rooftop shouting on flood management, nothing much has happened to address the concerns of the Jhelum and the people living...
Building For Poor
A nongovernmental organization that has worked on rehabilitation front in 2005 earthquake raised nearly seven crore rupees to create small homes for the decent...
Ah, Baila
A small village that lived on the banks of a torrent witnessed a literal change in its geography after 2014 floods devoured most of...
A Polytechnic Rescue
For two days sixty boys in the state-run polytechnic were hoping against the hope that they will be rescued. But they failed to even attract...
Distorting Srinagar?
As Srinagar is inching towards becoming a Smart City with emphasis on heritage and tourism, a revised Master Plan has drawn a sketch of...
Jhelum Again
After September 2014 floods a number of majors were assured to clean the erring Jhelum of blockades. But almost three years later not much...
Budshah’s Nallai Mar
For ages, rulers in Kashmir have constructed canals to improve life and production. But there is no ruler who could come even closer to...
Not Compensated!
Instead of elevating their living standard NMDFC beneficiaries are left struggling to repay the loan to avoid recovery calls. Syed Asma reports the post-flood...
There For You
Instead of government, the first ones to respond during September 2014 floods were local and international NGO’s and socio-religious organizations. Saima Bhat reports their...
Metaphor Of Loss
Except death and misfortune, nobody seems to remember Faze’s address. The latest visit was in September 2014. Survived by her eighteen-year-old granddaughter the octogenarian...
History Gagged
The skewed coverage of Kashmir floods by Delhi media generated massive ire and suspicion against journalists, preventing even local media from recording their own...
Selective Relief
Those who expected major overhaul in the system post floods must be disappointed. The system that governed the distribution of relief checques runs on...
Gone Up
As anticipated there has been no panic sale of properties in worst flood hit areas in Srinagar. Sehar Qazi reports how some of the...
The Displaced
In the melee of floods everybody, including the government, seems to have forgotten about tenants. Their woeful tales of survival and displacement find no...
Flood Frames
Capturing historic floods on lens amid anger and anguish took an extraordinary spine on part of filmmakers. Those who braved flood fury and public...
