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In Kashmir, the prestigious Aligarh Muslim University is linked to two towering personalities, both named Sheikh Abdullah. While one, almost every Kashmiri is aware of, the other Sheikh Abdullah is hardly known despite his...

In a state where people invent excuses to take a day off from work, a government teacher in a south Kashmir village has employed teachers by paying their salary from his own pockets and...

In his professional career of 30 years, Haseeb Drabu wore many hats and made many rudimentary shifts in how J&K thinks, earns, saves and spends. After joining politics, he is pitted against south Kashmir’s...

Defying conventions Shopian’s Insha Zahoor bagged three gold medals at a recently held convocation in AMU. Saima Bhat talks about her journey Insha Zahoor, 26, was confident that she will top in her department, but once...

With the demise of Ved Bhasin, Kashmir lost an iconic fighter for secularism, democracy, free speech, liberalism, and justice. But Masood Hussain, who closely worked with him in the most crucial era of Kashmir’s...

In the death of Ghulam Nabi Shaida, editor of Wadi ki Awaz, Kashmir has lost an upright editor who suffered for calling a spade, a spade, reports Khalid Bashir Gura When the veteran journalist YousufJameel broke...

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, an Urdu novelist, poet and politician was suffering from diabetes...

His unconventional method of teaching helped him transform a government school in a way that two shifts were needed to manage the rush. It also earned him a Fulbright Fellowship in US. Jibran Nazir...

Unlike his counterparts, sociologist Bashir A Dabla (July 9, 1954 – September 2, 2015) was always preoccupied with his mission of understanding the trends in Kashmir society that people usually considered routine. He rarely...

by Ikhlaq Qadri Exactly this was a time of the year, 13 years ago in 2008, spring officially sprung, that I was finally a graduate. Out of college, I was looking forward to pursuing my...

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 last week. Syed Asma profiles her illustrated life and career After...

Moving beyond rescue and relief operations, the team headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq started reconstruction of 100 houses for the “neediest of the needy” flood-hit at the time when election process sidelined the welfare...

Despite tragedies knocking at her door at regular intervals she didn’t abandon dreaming. Aspiring to become a teacher, this Islamabad girl is torn between managing her family and pursuing a career. Umar Khurshid tells...

It was out of mother’s devotion that made a specially-abled boy to dream like any other normal person and help him to create a different identity through his silent life expression, reports Saima Bhat In...

Jagmohan Malhotra (September 25, 1927 –May 3, 2021) Jagmohan’s role as J&K governor again in focus after his death writes Zahoor Malik The passing away of Jagmohan Malhotra recently again brought into focus his role as governor...