Khalnayak’s Narrative
By boycotting the official Martyrs Day function, the ruling BJP created a historic precedence that shocked everybody. But Bilal Handoo says the rightwing party...
Understanding Jhelum
Last September’s devastating floods left an impression on young Saqib Gulzar’s mind. In less than a year’s time, he came up with an award...
Forgotten Hakeems
Nestled in old lanes of Srinagar, Hakeems are struggling to survive in face of modernity. Syed Asma talks to some of the surviving practitioners...
Tonga Tourism
Now, Kashmir’s hospitality sector is modern, sophisticated and fast. But imagine how tourism was conducted in Kashmir in the 1880s, in absence of proper...
“Kashmiris are the Most Impatient Professionals in the World”
Tariq Rehmani, associate Vice President in JD Group, a New Delhi based real estate company, tells Saima Rashid that students in Kashmir have almost...
Strategic Scholar
Strategy always fascinated a Sopore born scholar who rose to become Kashmir’s first doctorate in Strategic Studies. But the sad truth remains that in...
“Fashion designing sounds alien to people in Kashmir”
Mufti Sadia, 23, owner of ‘Hangers the Closet’ tells Saima Rashid that one doesn’t need any degree to become a fashion designer
Kashmir life (KL):...
The Man Who Purchased Kashmir
It was extraordinary for an illiterate man to evolve into a crafty warlord who worked for others to create his own empire. Promoted by...
Testing DNA
Love for research took a Sopore born scientist to one of the best laboratories in America where he toiled hard to unearth the genetic...
Crucial Evidence
John B Ireland, an American citizen, set out sailing Asia, Africa and Europe for six years between 1861 and 1866. He used to write...
“There is no scope for a person who holds a professional degree in Hotel...
Rameez Wani who recently joined America based Dunkin’ Donuts as Field Supervisor at its Riyadh, Saudia Arabia unit tells Saima Rashid how Kashmir’s tourism...
‘Dos & Don’ts to Make it to KAS’
Hilal Ahmad, a KPS officer of 2010 batch tells Saima Rashid the ‘Dos and Don’ts’ of making it to Civil Services
KL: What do...
Unthankful ‘Masters’
From once a respected educationist to a hand-to-mouth shopkeeper who struggles to feed his family of seven members Mohammad Ahsan Ganai, 73, has no...
Red Shift
Last fortnight, NC headquarter survived a conflagration. Bilal Handoo revisits the party’s history revolving round its headquarters that shifted from one bank of the...
Those 4 Days
After Pandit Nehru withdrew the Kashmir Conspiracy Case against him on April 8, 1964, Sheikh Abdullah was his personal guest in Delhi’s Teen Murti...
