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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 state assembly and lost. The second time he contested from...

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 R Parveen narrates her painful journey and quest for peace Death...

From a thriving customer base in the US and Europe, Kashmir’s last indigenous musical instruments maker, Ghulam Muhammad Zaz, is fast slipping into oblivion. He, however, is not upset about it. A decision to...

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...

The ‘Ehsaas/Haqeeqat’ contest might no longer be talk of town, but one man is still talking and is being talked about - Khurram Parvez - convener and spokesperson for Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of...

A prominent literary figure and an influential personality of his time, Prof Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Hajni is often termed as the ‘first among the equals’ in state literary circle. Apart from penning down literary masterpieces,...

Lovingly called by his friends as Kohinoor for his ability to mimic almost everything under the sky, Ghulam Mohidin Raina has mastered hundreds of voices that he can reproduce easily. Umer Beigh listens to...

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...

The man, Syed Yousuf Shah, whose death in custody triggered a political storm in Jammu and Kashmir, had a very humble beginning. His personal journey appears like a roller coaster, from a teacher in...

Anna Hazare has not resonated in Kashmir. Alienation in the region is so deep that Kashmir has virtually rejected the entire system and Anna’s fight against corruption is seen as legitimizing it amid a...

The nomadic Gujjars and Bakerwals have been migrating to greener pastures every year to rear their sheep and cattle. For centuries they have kept their occupation and their lifestyle. Aliya Bashir reports While grazing the...

Having dedicated most of his life to social service, he is a content man. Though in bad health he dreams of a better Kashmir. Ikhlaq Qadri reports Wearing a mask and lying on a couch...

Mired in tradition and living in isolation the nomadic Gujjars are a backward community with their womenfolk being worse off. Sonika Raina reports For the last 30 years little has changed in Shamima Bano’s life....

Justine Hardy is a journalist, a writer and an aid worker, working in the area of  mental health in Kashmir. Aliya Bashir talks to the author whose three out of five books are on...

The government got the most sought after man, on whom it had placed a Rs 10 lakh bounty. Masrat Alam had evaded arrest for more than four months while leading the current uprising. KHURSHEED...