Places

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...

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...

The Mughal road may not be officially open yet, but it has already meant a huge deal to people in Kashmir valley, Poonch and...

Its proximity to China, Russia and India, is both boon and bane for Gilgit Baltistan. Empowered by the 2009 LFO, it wants all its...

Budshah built massive infrastructure in his half a century rule. Barring a few canals, nothing exists. But almost everything he built, names are still...

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...

Qazi MamoonIt was a little past 3 in the afternoon when our plane landed at the Suvarnabumi International Airport in Bangkok. I had left...

Far away from Srinagar is a little Kashmir in Kishtwar shrouded in clouds between Kashmir and Jammu. Administratively part of Jammu, Wadwan is accessible...

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...

Faizan Ahmad, a student, passionate about journalism, writes his first-hand account about what happened and how it escalated and then good men in Dehradun...

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...

Away from the Srinagar’s politics a small tourist spot in Pahalgham is heaven for Israeli tourists. They spend their days watching ‘birds’. Suhail A...

Once a largely rural country, Kazakhstan has undergone a humongous demographic change in the last decade which has changed the cultural landscape of the...

Shalabugh village in central Kashmir has pioneered the craft of weaving the famous willow baskets. Due to a lack of proper marketing and distribution,...