Kashmir’s First Pilgrim
Abd al-Karīm ibn Khwāja ʿĀqibat Maḥmūd al-Kashmīrī was waiting in Delhi for a visa to Makkah when Nadir Shah's invasion of 1739 swept him...
Kashmir Gen Next: Noise over Direction
A generation armed with more information than ever still finds itself adrift, not from indifference, but from the weight of everything at once, writes...
Kashmir: Dreams on Hold
When India's most competitive medical entrance exam collapses for the first time in history, Kashmir's students, already navigating a maze of reservations, competing exams,...
Banihal To Bonn, A Kashmir Scientist’s Story
A boy from a landless shepherd community in a Banihal mountain village, where only four of 53 classmates passed Class 10, is now reshaping...
Kashmir and Bangladesh: Binding Threads
Kashmir and Bangladesh sit at opposite ends of the Himalayan arc, yet their ties run deep and old. Medical students, apple traders, accidental models,...
Loran: Kashmir’s Forgotten Gateway
A Poonch village that breathes Kashmiri culture carries within its ruins a fort that once stopped a world-conquering empire, reports Syed Shadab Ali Gillani,...
Kashmiris at Sea
From the still shikara waters of Dal Lake to the high-stakes Strait of Hormuz, a quiet generation of Kashmiri men is navigating some of...
Kashmir’s ‘Abandoned’ Students
From a Rajasthan jail cell to the bombed cities of Iran, Kashmiri students are paying the price of a valley that has never invested...
Kashmir’s Persian Past
The war in Iran has thrown Kashmiri students studying there into uncertainty, reopening a larger story of Kashmir’s deep historical connections with Persia through...
Jamia Zia Ul Uloom Poonch: 50 Years Later
Jamia Zia-ul-Uloom in Poonch marked its 50-year journey, celebrating its founding vision, expanding its educational mission, and reaffirming enduring communal harmony, as reflected in...
SMVDIME: A Silent Shut Down
Almost three months after the right-wing parties launched protests against the enrollment of Muslim students at the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical...
Kashmir: Classrooms In Panic
Panic attacks among Kashmir students are rising due to stress, stigma and poor institutional support, with experts urging awareness, counsellors and early intervention, reports...
Kashmir’s River of Knowledge
From Buddhist scholastic prose to Shaiva philosophy, satire, stories, and historiography, Kashmir’s literature evolved as a disciplined, self-aware civilisation. This all started almost two...
Transition Smoothly from Offline UG Studies to an Online MBA
An online MBA is ideal after offline UG studies
It offers flexibility, practical learning, and career growth
Success depends on discipline, digital readiness,...
Poonch Fort: An Introduction
In Jammu and Kashmir, the fort in the heart of the Poonch town is perhaps the only historic monument that embodies the architectural interventions...
