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...
More than a commissioner
Wajahat Habibullah is ready to take over as J&K first CIC, but his understanding of Kashmir coupled with his unhindered access to 10 Janpath...
Home at last
Bashir Ahmad Balla crossed the line of control in 1990. A crippling accident left him with only one wish – returning home. Majid Maqbool...
Beyond Gobar Gas
At the fag end of his political career, Kashmir’s three-time Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah finally landed as head of one of India’s “insignificant”...
Akhtar Mohi-ud-Din: Courage till last
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...
Ghulam Ali Majboor (1952 – 2009)
by Zubair A Dar
On Friday, May 15, when Ghulam Ali Majboor breathed his last, it was not the death of an artist alone, it...
A Spark of Genius
Young people in Kashmir are putting their creative genius to use and innovating products to mechanise day to day activities. Hamidullah Dar narrates the...
