1905 Floods: A First Hand Account
A British author T R Swinburne along with many of his friends was visiting Kashmir when they were caught in the floods in 1905,...
A Muck of History
In Kashmir’s checkered history preserving records of the past have always been a priority. But with floods catching officials unaware a part of Kashmir’s...
Twentieth Century Floods
The idea of Jhelum has remained central to the existence of Kashmir. Key to the Vale’s prosperity, the river has been the principal destroyer...
1903’s Great Flood
Kashmir was inundated by a great flood in 1903. Jhelum flowed down with such a huge discharge that parts of M A Road remained...
1893’s Great Flood
Floods have remained a routine in Kashmir. But yet, some of them were disastrous to the life and property. Famed British officer Sir Walter...
Scripted Controversy
Prior to Modi Sarkar’s controversial order involving imposing Hindi, a delegation of Kashmiri Pandits had met HRD minister Smriti Irani on June 26 seeking,...
JKLF’s Israel Blitzkrieg!
The dramatic abduction and release of an Israeli tourist in early nineties by the ‘powerful’ Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) on ‘humanitarian grounds’...
Ikhwanis of the Yore?
Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad raised vigilantes “Peace Brigade” and used them to suppress pro-Abdullah and pro-Pakistan people. His workers or “Goggas” ran a parallel enforcement...
A Cultural Psy-op
For critics, Bakshi’s extravagant Jashn-e-Kashmir festival was aimed to manage public anger after Sheikh was jailed. Raashid Maqbool revisits the era to understand how...
A Different Legacy
It was Sheikh Abdullah’s trusted man Bakshi Ghulam Ahmad who replaced him and erased his legacy, although marginally. Hafsa Kanjwal argues that New Delhi...
Yatra: A Tradition Compromised
Yearly Amarnath Yatra was small, quick affair that the government would facilitate with the help of clergy. It was S K Sinha, the shrine...
Lost Prime Minister
After replacing Sheikh Abdullah in 1953, Bakhshi Ghulam Mohammad led a popularly corrupt regime. Syed Asma meets the former Prime Minister's surviving wife to...
Yours Faithfully!
Many tools were employed by Hindu Rulers to manage Muslim subjects. One of them was the Muslim clergy. Khalid Bashir Ahmad details the largesse...
13 July 1931: A Chapter of Kashmir
by G M Lone
A chapter of Kashmir history starts from 1846 when Sikh rule ended and the British sold Kashmir to Dogra Maharaja Gulab...
Hanging By The Relic
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq led Awami Action Committee (AAC) was barred from celebrating its Golden Jubilee last month. The party that has remained part of...