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...
Leh Engineer Gets Rolex Enterprise Award To Create Ice Stupas
by Masood Hussain
KL NEWS NETWORK
SRINAGAR
Sonam Wangchuk, one of Leh’s most know engineers, is one of the five people from across the world who was given...
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...
Mysterious Blaze
With 26 schools going up in flames in 113 days of civil uprising, the question everyone seems asking is, who is setting schools afire,...
Curfew Classes
Three-decade-old Kashmir conflict has its own cost. Education sector is one of its causalities but the population used to the months-long unrest and shutdowns...
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...
