Rare Survivor
Barely eight and he lost his family in 1947 riots with Hari Singh in town. Not knowing why they were killing each other, he...
Conflict in Campus
by Tasavur Mushtaq
The university of Kashmir, the highest seat of learning, is the abode of thousands of knowledge seekers. Since its inception, albeit as...
Questionable Texts
Government schools in Kashmir are the best in human resource and poor in infrastructure. But the major reason for the parents to stop sending...
Remembering Sir Syed
by Khursheed Wani
October 17 evening was unique at picturesque Pahalgam. The fading hoardings with greeting messages for Amarnath pilgrims were out of sync with...
Pathan Remembers
Witness to the goriest 1990s, former police officer Israr Khan was part of the set-up that escorted Kashmiri Pandits out of Kashmir, on Jagmohan’s...
Rare Investment
While there is rat race amongst private school owners to get the best of the new generation, there has not been any effort on...
Safe at School?
by Zubair Lone
The recent deaths of two schoolchildren in Gurugram have evoked a massive response in the form of a justified mix of shock,...
Academic Aversion
Unlike 2016, the educational campuses across most of Kashmir had interrupted schedule because the doors would shut more frequently than ever. Muhammad Younis explains...
Public Health versus Health Care
by Zubair Lone
To keep its citizens healthy, governments generally use two modalities to provide holistic health services - public health and healthcare. To a...
Barkat’s School
Started by a mother of seven to impart free education to the underprivileged, Buchwara’s Lowood School is now a splendid piece of history. To...
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...
Beating the Parkinson’s Law
by Zubair Lone
Have you experienced a scenario where you had been literally sitting idle on a task, paralyzed and incapable of working, for weeks...
Smouldering Schools
Schools became surprising targets of arson and destruction after Burhan Wani’s killing in July 2016. Officially all are operational. Umar Khurshid visited some of...
Right to Privacy, now a fundamental right
by Zubair Lone
Prior to the recent landmark judgement of Supreme Court declaring privacy a fundamental right and an integral part of the fundamental rights...
Two Teachers
The government adjudged two teachers as the best in 2017. They were honoured at a gala function last week. Later they told their story...
