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...
It’s Magic
Next time you see somebody trying to read your mind on a street in Srinagar, don’t be alarmed. He could be Kashmir’s illusionist Raja...
A diligent teacher
In a state where people invent excuses to take a day off from work, a government teacher in a south Kashmir village has employed...
Writer’s Solidarity
It was Maqbool Bhat’s hanging that stirred noted short story writer Akhtar Mohi-ud-din, and made him return his Literary Award. Bilal Handoo reports how...
Mohammad Ashraf
Mohammad Ashraf
(August 25, 1943 – October 14, 2020)
by M Saleem Beg
Ashraf Saheb, a doyen of travel and tourism in Jammu and Kashmir spent all...
M Yusuf Buch [1922-2019]
How a downtown boy reaches the hallowed United Nations is nothing less than fantasy and fiction, says Haseeb A Drabu
M Yusuf Buch shot into...
The Gilgit Rebel
From Gilgit to Kupwara, Srinagar to Jammu and eventually from Muzaffarabad to London, Amanullah Khan Astori lived an eventful life to preach third-option for...
WHO WAS YOUSUF SHAH?
The man, Syed Yousuf Shah, whose death in custody triggered a political storm in Jammu and Kashmir, had a very humble beginning. His personal...
Modi’s Jairam Deficit
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi started working with his ‘compact’ team, it may require one or many ministers for managing Kashmir informally. R S...
Sheikh’s Topi Saaz
He has capped some of the famous heads in Kashmir politics including Sheikh Abdullah and G M Shah. A cap-maker by profession and NC...
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...
A thorny profession
The chestnuts they collect are more visible than the lives they lead. Haroon Mirani narrates the story of chestnut collectors, tucked around the fringes...
Behind the Tiger
He donned a fake pistol and gave a blow to liquor trade and cinemas in Kashmir, a jolt from which these never recovered. He...
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...
