Neglected Discoveries
What lies beneath is the question that has baffled archeologists for long. Perhaps the answer lies in discoveries made on and off. But an...
Islam’s Kashmir Story
For nearly 300 years, Muslim conquerors from Baghdad and Turkey tried to overtake Kashmir, then a strong Hindu kingdom. Kashmir’s Hindu lords once defeated...
Jagmohan Days
NDA government’s Padma Vibhushan to Jagmohan Malhotra pushed Kashmir back to his stint in the 1990s’, reliving the days and nights of horror and terror....
Flying Research
Not many knew that a boy who used to chase dragon flies in paddy fields of Ganderbal will one day come up with research...
Kashmir’s Fairer Lords
Kashmir was ruled by many women in ancient and medieval times. Some of them proved more capable than their male predecessors and successors. Sara...
Enters Mufti
A law graduate’s journey from small south Kashmir town to the highest power corridors in Delhi is scripted with twists and turns. Shams Irfan...
Trending Teacher
Down in South Kashmir’s Shopian, a teacher has become viral on the virtual platform over his intriguing, innovative teaching. But the man whose classroom...
Workshop Wonder
The journey of an old city boy from his father’s mechanic workshop to Kashmir University’s Arabic department is pregnant with pain, passion and perseverance,...
Withered Tales
Vagaries of winters have substantially reduced over the decades. But the new tools have created an unreal world around the façade of the virtual...
Beyond Universe
From his dimly lit office chamber Dr Sheikh Javid has successfully explored the unexplored part of the universe. Saima Bhat talks to the genius...
Curiosity Pays
It was his curiosity to understand the complex nature of human body that made this Kashmiri boy to come up with a research which...
Forgotten Dispatches
France’s ‘botanical romantic’ Victor Vincelas Jacquemont (1801-1832) spent 1831 summer in Kashmir at the peak of exploitative Sikh misrule. Letters, he sent home from...
Should Government Ban Private Coaching by its Teachers?
Concerned about the quality of education given to Valley students, three Kashmir University engineering students put a question mark on government decision to ban...
First Hostage Taking
During the amorphous years of militancy that coincided with Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s ascend to first Muslim Home Minister of India, JKLF kidnapped his daughter,...
Dogra Grace
The derelict walls of Mubarak Mandi Complex in Jammu’s old city are witness to centuries of politics, power and intrigue. But with its restoration...
