Ghulam Ali Majboor (1952 – 2009)
by Zubair A Dar
On Friday, May 15, when Ghulam Ali Majboor breathed his last, it was not the death of an artist alone, it...
Death In Detention
Known by many names, a central jail inmate, Mujeeb Siddiqi died at SKIMS, Soura on June 11 evening. Not many people know that he...
Abdul Razak Mir (Bachru)
Abdul Razak Mir (Bachru)
(1928-1996)
When Abdul Razak Mir (Bachru), who fought on MUF ticket from Kulgam, would attract huge crowds during canvassing: courtesy his brand...
A Tycoon’s Death
A man who left behind Rs 1000 Crore company had purchased his first pair of shoes only after passing his matriculation. That is just...
Maqbool Sahil [1968 – 2018]
by Khursheed Wani
A few days ago, I was rushing towards a TV studio to conduct a current affairs programme when Maqbool Sahil waylaid me...
Agha Ashraf Ali (1922-2020)
One of the well-known intellectuals who laid the base for the modern education in Kashmir soon after the partition died on August 18, at...
Assassinated
After a new situation took over Kashmir within a year after the March 1987 elections, many players from the unionist camp were killed in...
Gazalla Noor
After finishing medical school, Gazalla Noor preferred her experimentation in the fields over teaching antonym in the classroom. In her 59 years of life,...
Ghulam Nabi Patel
On April 25, 2018, Ghulam Nabi Mir, 65, was killed near Rajpora in Pulwama when unidentified gunmen fired at his vehicle. He died on...
Obituary
Syed Sajjad Hussain
(1954 - 2013)
Rahiba R Parveen
Syed Sajjad Hussain, one of the known literary figures of Kashmir breathed his last on December 12. Hussain,...
Syed Babar Qadri
A young lawyer who joined the bar in 2018 was frequently visible on a particular TV Channel and, more so, on social media. A...
Pandit Shamboo Nath Sopori
Pandit Shamboo Nath Sopori
Master Musician Pandit Shamboo Nath Sopori passed away last Wednesday afternoon at his residence in Delhi. He was 98. He was...
Bhajan Sopori (June 22, 1948 – June 2, 2022)
by Tahir Bhat
Kashmir’s most known Santoor maestro, Bhajan Sopori died on June 2, 2022, after a protracted illness. He had cancer in the colon....
Mir Syed Shujaat Bukhari
by Umar Mukhtar
The journey of Shujaat Bukhari’s life started in his native village Kreeri in Baramulla, which he left after finishing his secondary school...
Mehmooda Ahmed Ali Shah
A close associate of former Indian Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi and a well-known educationist of Kashmir, Mehmooda Ahmed Ali Shah took her last breath...
