Mass Communication as a career
By Durdana Bhat
The world has witnessed a phenomenal and unprecedented explosion in communication technology and media. All boundaries have been transcended, and the entire...
Careers in Creative Writing
By Saima Rashid
All writing is creative to a degree. Writers must think of words to use, how to organize their thoughts and how to...
A humble feat
Known for his humility and brilliance, a youth from Sopore made a hat-trick in civil services. As his departure from academic to administrative setup...
When Begum Deserted Sheikh
Official historic narrative suggests the conversion of the Muslim Conference into the National Conference was smooth. But revisiting the key characters of the change...
Managing Kashmir
Two young friends, Abid Khan and Faizan Zaroo, started an event management company that organises cultural events. Nuzhat Mushtaq reports the story of their...
Politics of EDUCATION
With most of the KU’s ‘talent’ landing here for their second innings, CUK is losing both its originality and identity. Kashmir Life reports the...
Dream Come True
Afaq Giri became first person to crack IAS exams from Banihal. Riyaz Ul Khaliq and Saima Rashid report the story behind his success
When asked...
Predators at Workplace
State’s health department was in news recently but for all the wrong reasons. The case of a lady doctor accusing her seniors of molestation...
A Manmohan Decade
The soft-spoken economist Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh led Congress to a rout in 2014 summer. Tasavur Mushtaq revisits his Kashmir doctrine that dominated...
‘You are sort of an outcaste if you dare to leave a government job...
Aijaz Rashid, 30, a researcher from Arwah in Budgam who is working on a cancer drug which is 8 times more effective than the...
Career
Official U-turn
Lok Sabha election result unnerved the NC led coalition to its core. After being pilloried electorally, the decision-centers having abandoned their hibernation have...
Vajpayee’s Kashmir
Bed-ridden Atal Bihari Vajpayee might be oblivious to the fact that, in the just-concluded Lok Sabha polls, NC and PDP made more references to...
Reporting Novelty
This year’s NIT tech fest saw young students putting their brains together to find solutions to everyday issues like traffic, clean water, transportation. Saima...
My Friend Modi
Last week when Modi was sworn in as India’s PM, a small village in Budgam district jogged their memories to remember the man who...
Dialogue Details
Atal Behari Vajpayee’s government is credited by everybody for the talks he initiated with Kashmir’s moderate Hurriyat Conference. Barring a courtesy call on Vajpayee,...
