Costs of Occupation
When troops handed over keys of sports complex Bijbehara to displaced bat manufactures after 23 years it brought back bitter memories of the past....
Kashmir’s English Martyr
Almost 145 years after his murder when the civil society is planning to create a memoriam for Robert Thorp, historian Ashiq Hussain Bhat writes...
The Forest Folklore
The battle against smuggling has made Kashmir literally beg for cheap inter-continental timber that now sustains a huge economy. With scores of compartments totally...
An Enigma Called Sheikh
On Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah’s birth anniversary (December 5), historian Ashiq Hussian Bhat studies Aatash-e-Chinar afresh to conclude that Sher-e-Kashmir had committed himself to Delhi...
Landlords of Lalpora
The rise and fall of Bhat family in Lolab valley coincided with major events in Kashmir history. From once powerful landlords to mere numberdaars,...
Ghosts Of 90’s Back!
Ghost stories of 90’s were mostly attributed to new military tactics to create fear psychosis in civilian population, however, the claims remained unconfirmed. The...
66 Years Ago
The landing of the Indian army on October 27, 1947, is one of the most debated events of Kashmir’s contemporary history. For the last...
Gandhi And ‘The Ray Of Light’
Till he was assassinated on January 31, 1948 Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi never uttered a word against Delhi’s official stand on Kashmir. It was...
A Piece of Kashmir in Ladakh
Khalid Bashir Ahmad, a poet and historian, on his recent trip to Ladakh stopped over briefly in Matayan to sketch the life and history...
Sacrifice for Shiekh
He knows where the key of Kashmir’s political fate lies. Tasavur Mushtaq meets the man who enabled Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah to re enter Jammu...
Legendry Hajni
A prominent literary figure and an influential personality of his time, Prof Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Hajni is often termed as the ‘first among the equals’...
Rebellious robbers
Three ‘thieves’ brought together by fate became saviors of poor when Dogra’s ruled Kashmir. Junaid Nabi Bazaz, revisits some of the interesting incidents that...
Quarter Century Later
Twin blasts in Srinagar in 1988 summer marked the beginning of militancy in Kashmir. R S Gull revisits the situation that triggered a change...
The Kunan Questions
The remote Kupwara village is a milestone in Kashmir’s tragedy. For the last more than two decades, the entire anger is directed towards the...
Telegraphic Past
Even as telegram was consigned to history after 160 years, historian Ashiq Hussain Bhat says there are numerous telegrams that are fundamental to the...