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The breakdown that followed Burhan’s killing pushed Kashmir back to protracted protests. Remote-controlling an unprecedented disobedience movement, the man known for his defiance had apparently an uneasy task at hand. Fifteen weeks after, with...

A medico from south Kashmir is the latest face of ‘broom campaign’ in valley. Tanvir Maqbool Dar, 38, who claims to be active on social service front for last eight years, filed his nomination...

The contest in Doda, the epicenter of Chenab Valley, has gone interesting not because of the BJP but because of incumbent lawmaker Abdul Majid Wani, who is seeking reelection for the third time, reports...

He is a plumber, hairdresser, painter, professional cook, mehandi artist, sports man and a carpenter. Meet Bilal Ahmad Ganaie, who multi-tasks to help his family of seven to get out of penury. Saima Rashid...

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, reports Shakir Mir His youthful years were spent trying to mend...

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 winning paper on Jhelum. Saima Rashid reports his feat and...

Mufti Sayeed wore many hats, flirted with different parties and played many games in his long political career. After turmoil decimated Kashmir gave him a foothold, Mufti started his Kashmir rediscovery, built a Kashmir-centric...

by Majid Maqbool In a seminal essay written as early as 1950, Akhtar Mohi-ud-Din urged writers to side with majority of people, not power, if they have to produce genuine art. “I feel a writer...

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 turmoil and suffering of Kashmiris shaped his work      It...

By fishing out more than two dozen bodies and saving several men alive from different water bodies, Lelhar’s fisherman has earned a huge reputation, reports Sadam Hussain Pandow Kakapora’s Lelhar is a large hamlet of...

In 1900, L Frank Baum wrote the novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and 39 years later, American Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer converted it into a wonderful musical fantasy film. The Wizard of Oz has remained a popular film...

Life takes a full circle, quite literally. Syed Asma talks to noted Urdu and Kashmiri essayist Prof Mohammed Zaman Azurdah to piece together dots of his life through partition, poverty and painful memories In April...

Deep South in a sparsely populated hamlet overlooking Shangus is a man who has lived a century and never used a vehicle. He knows the forests of India and Pakistan but has now started...

When flood deserted Srinagar’s Press Enclave, a lady stayed back only to witness the devastating drive of Jhelum around. A government official by profession, she tells Bilal Handoo her account of awe and agony As...