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...
Fashionable Walk
The decision to open a multi-brand showroom after earning an MBA in UK met resistance from friends and family. But Adnan, a part-time model,...
Delayed Degrees
A two year PG course takes more than three years to complete in Kashmir University, leaving students in a fix. Saima Bhat talks to...
Wazwaan @ Doorstep
Now Kashmiri Wazwaan is just a click away. After they quit their less paying jobs, two brothers decided to tickle people’s taste buds by...
Kashmir in Dehradun
Limitation of options and cutthroat competition leaves little scope for the majority of students to stay put in Kashmir. They migrate for study in...
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...
Streetlights and Hairstyles
By Tabish Rafiq Mir
Streetlights and supermarkets, shopping malls and ships, traffic lights and terraces, autos with meters and buses with tickets (and not sprouting...
Gold Hatrick
Defying conventions Shopian’s Insha Zahoor bagged three gold medals at a recently held convocation in AMU. Saima Bhat talks about her journey
Insha Zahoor, 26, was...
Teaching Talent
His unconventional method of teaching helped him transform a government school in a way that two shifts were needed to manage the rush. It...
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...
Saving Namda
An 18-year-old girl’s invention helped save the centuries old art of Namda making. A sports and science fiction buff, she already has her kitty...
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...
Exams, Eyes & Politics
With ‘dead eyes’ in background and at the peak of a debate over education when parents drove more than 80,000 students to the examination...
