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Monday, May 18, 2026
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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.

Sheikh Muhammad Hassan

“Jama’at wants to see both Hurriyats united”

With a change of guard taking place at one of the most prominent religious organisations in Kashmir, the outgoing Amir of Jama’at-i-Islami, Sheikh Mohammad...
Shahbaz Rajourvi

Panchal Never Felt Disconnected From Kashmir

Noted poet and scholar from Rajouri, Shahbaz Rajourvi, talks to Shams Irfan about his recent book Pounpir Gath, a collection of poems in Kashmiri,...

Loss Irreparable

INTACH’s Kashmir Chapter Convenor, Muhammad Saleem Beg talks about the vulnerability of our places of reverence and the absence of risk mitigation measures in...

‘Graveyards are our metaphysical parliament’

'Graveyards are our metaphysical parliament’, Veteran resistance leader, Azam Inquilabi in an interview with Tasavur Mushtaq KASHMIR LIFE:  You were served a show cause notice...

A Desire to Design

With the launch of Kashmir’s first designer clothing store at Raj Bagh, Zubair Kirmani, a Delhi-based Kashmiri designer, has made his entry into this...

A Clean Sweep!

Garbage, stray dogs, and proper hygiene. SMC Commissioner G N Qasba converses with Syed Asma about the intricacies of keeping Srinagar clean. Kashmir Life: ‘Keep...

‘Sky Is the Limit For Cross LoC Trade’

He headed Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) at its most critical juncture. After his extended tenure was over, Dr Mubeen Shah flew...

‘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...

‘We defeated the Indian state’

From his arrest as a young boy to picking up arms and then shunning armed resistance, pro-independence leader and former militant commander Muhammed Yasin...

‘Just following the high command’

Senior Congress leader Abdul Gani Vakil has levelled serious allegations against fellow congressman and minister Taj Mohiud din asking the government to initiate an...

‘FDI Crushed Even USA’

M Yousuf Tarigami, CPIM leader, was interested in politics since he was a child in the 1960s. While in high school, he joined the...

‘My movement is united’

Shakeel Bakhshi in an interview with Tasavur Mushtaq Kashmir Life: How would you describe the current situation in Kashmir? Shakeel Bakhshi: It is a flashpoint. The key...

‘Let Us Pray To Allah For His Help’

Mian Altaf Ahmad in an interview with Tasavur Mushtaq Kashmir Life: Does it look odd that Kashmir is importing timber? Mian Altaf Ahmad: We don’t have...

‘We Are Casual Labourers’

Engineer Rashid in an Interview with Tasavur Mushtaq Kashmir Life: You are a lawmaker but you can’t get a passport? Engineer Rashid: It is how things...

‘Pakistan Is Disturbed Because Of Kashmir’

Arrested in august 2010 on charges of waging war against the state by issuing the protest calendars Chairperson Dukhtran- e-  Milat ( daughters of...