24 years of remembrance
As chief minister Omar Abdullah tweeted the Gaw Kadal Massacre as ‘dark day’ in recent history of Kashmir, the valley silently observed 24th anniversary...
Facing Fire
From 17 fire incidents in 1955 to 5000 incidents a year now, fire fighters remained on their toes as properties worth corers were consumed...
A Forgotten Plebiscite?
Once upon a time UN passed a resolution seeking plebiscite in Kashmir. It was response to the complaint that Pandit Nehru took to the...
Costs of Occupation
When troops handed over keys of sports complex Bijbehara to displaced bat manufactures after 23 years it brought back bitter memories of the past....
Hunting Stories
From war in Afghanistan to political unrest of Nepal, from developmental issues in Loas and Cambodia to conflict in Kashmir, Syed Nazakat has covered...
Kashmir’s English Martyr
Almost 145 years after his murder when the civil society is planning to create a memoriam for Robert Thorp, historian Ashiq Hussain Bhat writes...
The Forest Folklore
The battle against smuggling has made Kashmir literally beg for cheap inter-continental timber that now sustains a huge economy. With scores of compartments totally...
“There is a strange emotional attachment and an unexplainable affinity between Kashmiris and Pakistanis.”
Nadia Mehr, who became first Pakistani girl to earn a doctorate from Kashmir, tells Rahiba R Parveen that staying in conflict torn Kashmir was...
An Enigma Called Sheikh
On Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah’s birth anniversary (December 5), historian Ashiq Hussian Bhat studies Aatash-e-Chinar afresh to conclude that Sher-e-Kashmir had committed himself to Delhi...
Landlords of Lalpora
The rise and fall of Bhat family in Lolab valley coincided with major events in Kashmir history. From once powerful landlords to mere numberdaars,...
Manufacturing Doctors
Every summer, the CET set off a chain of reports about wrongdoings in the process. This year as the High Court sought status of...
“Our education sector is full with wives, daughters and acquaintances of bureaucrats.”
Abdul Qayoom Wani, a resident of Wasun Baghi, Tangmarg, after completing B A, B Ed joined education department as a teacher. In 1991, along...
Marketing Peace!
Can innovative marketing techniques help bring peaceful resolution to Kashmir issue? It can, argues first time writer Mehboob Makhdoomi, a management research fellow from...
Ghosts Of 90’s Back!
Ghost stories of 90’s were mostly attributed to new military tactics to create fear psychosis in civilian population, however, the claims remained unconfirmed. The...
66 Years Ago
The landing of the Indian army on October 27, 1947, is one of the most debated events of Kashmir’s contemporary history. For the last...
