Gateway to Hindustan
Umer Beigh
“For a worm hidden under a rock, the sky is the bottom of the rock.” –Sheikh Ahmad Sirhindi
Kashmir’s connection with Sirhind, a small...
Exploring Punjab
By: Shams Irfan
A friend of mine who has lived most of his life outside Kashmir and currently resides in Germany would often say that...
Mochu: Living Memories
What happened in Kashmir during 90s has left lasting scar on peoples' lives. The events happened so quickly that most of suffering remained unrecorded....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
