Dried Up

Once witnessing a huge inflow of migratory, many of Kashmir’s wetlands have dried up. Ikhlaq Qadri reports.   At least seven wetlands have lost into...

Walaykum Salam Ladishah Drav

Confined to radio and television studio’s Ladhishah were once the popular street performers, enriching Kashmir with satire and humour. Aliya Bashir reports Asalaam Malaiqum Ladishah...

Skinned

Fur and furriers were a part of Kashmir’s economy, providing employment to thousands of people. A blanket ban on fur trade made it extinct...

Moved to greener pastures

Cattle grazers in villages who were a common feature of life in rural Kashmir have given up the occupation with changing lifestyles. Mir Farhat...

Missing paper trail

The art of producing one of the most long-lasting and durable papers was mastered in Kashmir long before the advent of paper mills. But...

Hay days

A few strings of straw woven to make slippers were common footwear, not so long ago. Waseem Ahad reports. Whenever Mohammad Akbar Pala, 70,...

Rangarajan III

Rangarajan committee has submitted its report on employment generation in J&K. Will the recommendations see implementation or will it meet the same fate as...

‘Tired, not re-tired’

Heading the Islamic University from its start, Dr Siddiq Wahid has just finished his tenure, as its vice chancellor, after what he calls five...

On the top

Girls have fared well in the recently announced class 12 results. Reyaz Ahmed meets the toppers.Hard work pays but sustained efforts pay better; when...

Chase Your Dreams

Two of the successful KAS candidates share their journey to the coveted KAS. Kashmir Life congratulates all the successful candidates and wishes them all...

Last Days of Maqbool Butt

Kashmir Life reproduces the article published in The Week, a Malyalam Manorama publication (February 19-25, 1984), a week after Maqbool Butt was hanged in...

Future At Stake

Six years after the University of Kashmir introduced a specialised course in finance studies, Master of Finance and Control (MFC), the state recruiting agencies...

Chasm in the bonhomie

For long Iran and India have had warm friendly relations. However, the shift in Indian foreign policy is creating a wedge between the two...

My KAS Interview

Syed Shahnawaz Bukhari, presently posted as commercial tax officer, shares his experiences of the civil service interview, when he faced it in 2008.I entered...

A season for universities!

The Legislative Assembly passed bills for allowing setting up of three private universities in the nine-day session when all the Opposition had boycotted it,...