Proud Kashmiri
It is a family that never sent any of its wards to any business schools, but in last 150 years, it has evolved a...
Moti of Insurance
Moti Singh was just 19, when he came to Srinagar from his village, and started working as a salesman in a shop. Today, he...
Active learning through Science Museums
DR SEEMIN RUBAB
Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru had once opined ‘In formative period of childhood and youth it is essential that people should come to...
Computer Doctor
After completing his PhD in Computer Science, Syed Iqbal landed a Post Doctorate Fellowship in the subject - a first for a Kashmir resident. Shazia...
Alien Mother
Sidelined for long, Kashmiri is now in schools as a compulsory subject, but as Aliya Bashir reports, the loopholes in its introduction may turn...
Journalism as a Career
Dr SHAHID RASOOL
Journalism is one of the oldest professions. Earlier mostly people landed in this field either accidentally or by the influence of peer...
Masters In Uniform
The allegations that the army had resorted to taking Kashmiris on forced labour (Begaar) during the last two decades has opened the historical wounds...
Churning out failures
Some decades back, passing 10th class examinations in Kashmir was deemed a big achievement. Education system and standards have considerably improved since, particularly in...
Back To Basics
Focus is shifting back to a career in basic sciences
Sky Dreams in The Valley
J&K is getting its first aviation college, which offers courses ranging from commercial pilot license to aircraft maintenance engineering and cabin crew training. Mehmooda...
Challenging The Elite Schools
Lesser-known private schools are giving competition to elite schools, not only challenging their supremacy, but also putting a question mark on their screening measures...
10 controversies of ‘09
While Shopian dominated 2009, there were other controversies too that hogged the headlines. Haroon Mirani lists the top 10.
CHINESE VISA ROW
The year 2009 has...
Career Options after higher secondary
DR SEEMIN RUBAB
In Kashmir valley, winter season heralds tuition frenzy. Students and parents are at a loss about deciding the right coaching Institutes. Usually...
Mystery of Accession
For over two decades now, Kashmiri separatists are observing October 27 as the ‘black day’ to mark the landing of Indian army in 1947....
Hard lessons
The last two decades have witnessed a proliferation of coaching centers in the valley and every student seems to be joining them. Are these...
