Lalla Rookh Debate
People talking about Kashmir are so ignorant about the place that they presume most of nearly seven million people inhabiting the vale are dependent...
The Fall of Zaina Kadal
By building a bridge on Zaina Kadal, Budshah created access between the two halves of the city. But this was one of few projects...
Budshah’s Nallai Mar
For ages, rulers in Kashmir have constructed canals to improve life and production. But there is no ruler who could come even closer to...
Whither Zainageer
One of the major belts that Budshah made famous was the Zainageer in Sopore outskirts. He had built a palace and set up a...
Zainakote Conversion
Budshah found the karewa an ideal spot to oversee a bird abundant wetland, hunt and rest. Shahmiris gone, the garden became a habitation and...
Zainatilak, The Missing Town
Budshah built massive infrastructure in his half a century rule. Barring a few canals, nothing exists. But almost everything he built, names are still...
Deconstructing Budshah
Kashmir’s medieval Sultan Zain-ul-Abideen was tolerant, secular, humane and lover of knowledge and art. He built Kashmir and faced challenges as any other ruler...
Teing’s Last Secret
Does regular discoveries of artefacts and coins in Dalwan village point to a larger secret? Saima Bhat visits the place to unravel the mysteries...
Hari Singh’s legacy
by A G Noorani
It is appropriate that Kashmir’s last Dogra ruler, Hari Singh, should be restored to favour by chief minister Mehbooba Mufti. Her...
Hari Singh A Despot, Not A Hero
by Krishan Dev Sethi
Hari Singh cannot be a hero of Jammu. He was a despot. How can an autocrat be a hero? I consider...
A Statesman
In 1947, Kashmir was literally independent for many fortnights. After rumours about the major princely state joining India, there was Poonch rebellion and tribal...
Women In Kashmir Tehreek
After centuries of suppression when Kashmir launched its struggle to regain the life of dignity and honour, it was not a male-only battle. Dr...
Sheikh Abdullah, A CIA Profile
April 8, 1964 J&K state government released Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah after withdrawing the Kashmir conspiracy case. It was a major development that was written...
1947: The Last Letter
At the peak of 1947 Jammu Massacre, a 17-year old bride in Bhaderwah was waiting for her professor husband with their midnight summer’s child...
Jumhooriyat
Kashmir Life desk offers snapshots of the assembly elections that J&K witnessed post-partition
Unlike mainland India, the world’s largest democracy has one peculiar thing that...
