Last Tour
Even at the prime age of 79, late CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, worked 12 hours, met 23 delegations and toured 16 spots during his...
My Dear Partymen…
Mufti Sayeed made a brief, unscheduled public speech during his fateful city tour on December 22. Two days ahead of it, he presided over...
A Soft Separatist?
An Indian by conviction Mufti believed in softening of boundaries to help people reconnect with each other across divided Kashmir. But for separatist camp...
Deconstructing Mufti
by Masood Hussain
Mufti Sayeed is one of the few Kashmir politicians who left no autobiography behind. This leaves his half-a-century of public life to...
Mufti Timeline
Born in Baba Mohalla, Bijbehara town of district Islamabad on 12th January 1936.
In 1960, Mufti Sayeed became district convenor of the Democratic National Conference,...
Workshop Wonder
The journey of an old city boy from his father’s mechanic workshop to Kashmir University’s Arabic department is pregnant with pain, passion and perseverance,...
Still Lensman
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...
Dabla’s Kashmir
Unlike his counterparts, sociologist Bashir A Dabla (July 9, 1954 – September 2, 2015) was always preoccupied with his mission of understanding the trends...
The Editor
With the demise of Ved Bhasin, Kashmir lost an iconic fighter for secularism, democracy, free speech, liberalism, and justice. But Masood Hussain, who closely...
The Passing of Ved Ji: A Colossal Loss to Kashmiris
By Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai
Ved Bhasin, the chairman of the Kashmir Times group of publications passed away on November 5, 2015 in Jammu. With...
Understanding Jhelum
Last September’s devastating floods left an impression on young Saqib Gulzar’s mind. In less than a year’s time, he came up with an award...
Jailer, Class Apart
Rajni Sehgal, J&K’s most senior female jailor who once jumped to newspaper front pages for training Bangladeshi prisoners in Kashmir embroidery in Kot Bhalwal,...
Unthankful ‘Masters’
From once a respected educationist to a hand-to-mouth shopkeeper who struggles to feed his family of seven members Mohammad Ahsan Ganai, 73, has no...
Wailing Artist
There was a time when his handmade wooden bangles would find takers in German markets. Sehar Qazi meets the artisan who finds it hard...
Craft Smith
They can make a replica of any complicated foreign machine in a day’s time. The famous German Khars of old city, whose client list...
