Shimla’s Kashmir Link
Born out of adversity Shimla became second home for Kashmiris fleeing Maharaja’s Begaar system, the very notorious forced labour. Even though Hari Singh fled Kashmir and marked the collapse of autocracy, the tradition of...
Dilli Dreams!
Shah Navid Ahmad
After two years of hard work with no proper direction or guidance, I finally landed in Jamia Milia Islamia (JMI), Delhi. Thus the pursuit of chasing my dream subject began. After I...
From Kashmir to Pune
Mir liyaqat Nazir
Uthkar to aagaye hain teri bazam se magar
Kuch dil hi jaanta hai kis dil se aayen hai
(Faiz Ahamad Faiz)
(I left while the gathering
Was still young
The lamp was lit
Yet the moth was denied
The...
Kashmir to Kanyakumari
ABDUL WAJID
It was late February in wintry Kashmir. The mercury was dipping down to subzero and the cold was harsh enough to arrest me in my warm cosy place. Everything around was catching the...
From Kashmir to Kota
Imbisat Makhdoomi
I am one of those students who left his motherland Kashmir for a better future. Kashmir, a poets heaven or paradise needs no introduction as everything here is filled with mystic romance. Its...
Resilience in Lolab
As Kashmiri Pandits migrated to safer places in early nineties when militancy erupted in Kashmir valley, a Pandit woman from Lolab valley decided to stay put. All these years, her Muslim neighbours secured her...
Stuck In Time
Lack of regular electricity, proper roads, educational institutes and health centres is not a criterion for recognition as a backward area by the state government. No one has learnt this harsh lesson better than...
The Old Town with a ‘New’ Face
The historic old town in Baramulla which played a central role in trade before the 1947 partition of Asian subcontinent is about to see a complete overhaul with widened roads in coming days. Is...
Mysteries of Hathiwara
Situated on the banks of Jehlum river, the villagers of a small hamlet in south Kashmir have grown up making odd discoveries of ancient objects which haven’t attracted anyone’s curiosity. Shams Irfan visits the...
A Chestnut Story
Come November and a group of villagers in Bandipora row their boats into Wular Lake to extract water chestnuts which are then supplied to markets in and outside the state, Bilal Handoo reports.
Located barely...
The Frislan we Lost
A village bearing the imprints of Kashmir’s rich cultural heritage was reduced to ashes in a devastating fire last week which left hundreds of its inhabitants homeless. SHAMS IRFAN visits the village to find...
In the Land of Mayans
DR GEER MOHAMMAD ISHAQ
As they say, journeys help you discover your true inner self. My third visit abroad to Mexico to attend 12th annual conference of the International Society of Pharmacovigilance at Cancun was...
A Deceptive Calm
An eerie calm is slowly settling down in Zanskar where communal riots had broken out over the conversion of six Buddhist families to Islam. Although conversion is not a new phenomenon in the Buddhist...
Willow Village
Shalabugh village in central Kashmir has pioneered the craft of weaving the famous willow baskets. Due to a lack of proper marketing and distribution, the village craftsmen approach intermediaries to sell their products, BILAL...