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Thursday, May 2, 2024
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Interview

This is a simple Q and A on issues that matter with the experts and practitioners who hold the answers. Interviews are across the various facets of life including politicians, artists, businessmen, academics and social activists.

“Profitability high on lending operations in J&K”

State’s only listed company, the J&K Bank declared a profit of Rs 409.84 crores for 2008-09. This is the highest ever profit that the...
Safeena Beigh (KL Image by Shuaib Wani)

‘I Have Risen From The Ground In These Elections, Nobody Can Term Me A...

Trained lawyer and wife of former Deputy Chief Minister, Muzaffar Hussain Beigh, Safeena Beigh, who won her DDC election from Wagoora after defeating the...

‘The fear, threat and shrinking space for dissent is a key factor that marks...

Rajani Patil is a third-generation politician. Her grandfather, Ganesh Pingle, a member of the Gadar Movement, was hanged in Lahore by the British in...
Supriya Sahu. KL Image: Special Arrangement

‘DD-Kashir Has 2.5 Cr Viewers’

Supriya Sahu, Director General Doordarshan on game show KBC and the issues related with the DD-Kashir KASHMIR LIFE (KL): Can Kashmiri version of KBC help...

‘PAGD Hasn’t Done Anything Great Till Now’

PDPs Rajya Sabha member Mir Mohammad Fayaz tells Yawar Hussain KASHMIR LIFE (KL): Aspersions have been raised on the sincerity of the Peoples’ Alliance for...

‘Elections No Alternative To Self-determination’

In his well-known steadfast style Syed Ali Shah Geelani called for boycotting the forthcoming municipal elections, describing it as a weapon for the freedom...

‘Lockdowns Will Not Block Covid-19 Transmission Completely’

Acclaimed scientist, Prof Mohammad Sultan Khuroo’s significant contribution include the discovery of Hepatitis-E virus in 1978 from Kashmir when 1700 of an estimated 52000...

‘Of Course, We Will Fight Assembly Elections’

PDP General Secretary, Dr Mehboob Beg tells Yawar Hussain that his party and president are the chief targets of the ongoing “onslaught” KASHMIR LIFE (KL): Is PDP (Peoples...

GI Tagging And Online Platforms Can Trigger A Major Shift In Kashmir Crafts

After being associated with handicrafts for many years before qualifying the administrative service, Mehmood Ahmad has finally been appointed as Director Handicrafts. He told...

“The future of car business lies in rural Kashmir”

Irfan Ahmad is an engineer who has been into car selling for 27 years. As a principle player in Kashmir’s car market, he tells...

‘Government fails to fulfil promises’

Muhammad Yasin Khan assumed charge of President of Kashmir Traders and Manufacturers Federation (KTMF) in February 2011, after being a successful trader for 20...

‘Polycystic Ovarian Disease Is Increasing In Prevalence At A Very Fast Rate In Kashmir’

Dr Imran Majid, who left his government job to start his own dermatology centres in three Kashmir districts, tells Syed Samreen about prevalent skin disorders in...

‘Poultry Safe For Consumption’

While confirming the detection of bird flu in crows and migratory birds in some areas of Kashmir, Director Animal Husbandry Purnima Mittal in an...

‘This Eid, Do Not Knock At Each Others’ Doors, Use Phone To Wish, Instead’

Dr Abdul Qayum Hamid Changal, a Kashmir's General Physician working for the Ministry of Health, in Saudi Arabia, debunks myths and addresses misconceptions linked...

“There is substantial number of lymphoma/leukemia patients in the valley”

Javeed Iqbal - Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology and Microbiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), Omaha, Nebraska, USA -...