Pulwama’s Martyrs Day
The follow up to 1931 upheavals in Kashmir are scattered and sketchy. Almost 500 people were killed across Kashmir in the protests that erupted...
Mysteries of Hathiwara
Situated on the banks of Jehlum river, the villagers of a small hamlet in south Kashmir have grown up making odd discoveries of ancient...
History’s Major Snowfall
Every time there is a snowfall, the media chases the weatherman asking about the dates when it snowed more last time. Even elders are...
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,...
First Hostage Taking
During the amorphous years of militancy that coincided with Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s ascend to first Muslim Home Minister of India, JKLF kidnapped his daughter,...
Gandhi And Kashmir
In order to imagine how Mahatma Gandhi would have responded to Kashmir’s present situation, it is important to understand Gandhi’s long Kashmir story first...
Sheikh and Plebiscite
Biography of Kashmir’s tallest leader Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah has certain references that M J Aslam failed to get a plausible explanation from the history
Sheikh...
Banking In Trouble
By the end of December 2012, 1590 branches of 42 banks and financial institutions serving J&K had Rs 60245 crore deposits as their cumulative...
The Gilgit Rebel
From Gilgit to Kupwara, Srinagar to Jammu and eventually from Muzaffarabad to London, Amanullah Khan Astori lived an eventful life to preach third-option for...
Jinnah’s Kashmir Controversy II
In the concluding part of his response to the ragging controversy over Lord Mountbatten’s reported November 1, 1947 proposal for resolving Kashmir dispute, historian...
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...
A Lack of Will
85 years ago, Maharaja Hari Singh stopped construction of an annexe at Gulmarg to stop the place from becoming congested. Decades later, the Meadow...
Parried Peacemakers
In the heightened tensions between India and Pakistan on the LoC, the United Nations Military Observers Group for India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) is unable...
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...
Heritage Demolished?
The twin-road project to expand the narrow arterial network of roads in old city has altered the demography of the area known for its...
