Vajpayee Since 1953
While most of his initiatives as Prime Minister are well documented, Masood Hussain offers rare details – some appearing for the first time, about...
Acid Test
Sufferings of remote Kupwara in last two decades created an ideal situation for any unconventional politician to have his debut, an opportunity that a...
Noorie: All Alone!
In a span of just two decades sixty-five-year old Noorie saw five members of her family die in bizarre circumstances, one after another. Rahiba...
Top catch
The government got the most sought after man, on whom it had placed a Rs 10 lakh bounty. Masrat Alam had evaded arrest for...
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,...
Ali Mohammad Sagar
After National Conference (NC) met its Waterloo in parliamentary elections, revamp and reshuffle in the party was on cards. Though the head’s twitter is...
The Versatile Vice-Chancellor
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....
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,...
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...
Timekeeper’s Tale
There was a time when watches would fascinate people. Not anymore. Defying change, an octogenarian shopkeeper is trying his bit to keep the hands...
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...
Devil’s Advocate
As a proud Dogra from Jammu’s backward village, Bhim Singh rose to become a prominent political, legal personality of J&K and managed to set...
Ghulam Nabi Azad
Throughout his political career that started from Sanjay Gandhi days, Azad has contested twice from J&K. In 1977, he contested from Inderwal for the...
Bellwether Drabu
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...
In love with Kashmir
Justine Hardy is a journalist, a writer and an aid worker, working in the area of mental health in Kashmir. Aliya Bashir talks to...
