London
Amina RawatPrior to the election of the current coalition government of the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, the leader of the latter...
Thailand
Qazi MamoonIt was a little past 3 in the afternoon when our plane landed at the Suvarnabumi International Airport in Bangkok. I had left...
KISHTWAR
For many decades of its existence, Adbi Markaz Kamraz has remained a perpetual address to part of the literature that Kashmir produced. Almost all...
LONDON
AMINA RAWATPope Benedict XVI, the head of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of the Vatican City State, made a 4 day State Visit to...
Palestine, Palestine
Palestine and Kashmir are seen as dangerous places in the world and arouse passions among Muslims. Iftikhar Gilani reports the striking similarities and distinctive...
Guwahati
Khursheed WaniThere are many similarities between Kashmir and the north-east. Both hilly and border regions have inherited problems, economic as well as political, from...
Karakoram’s Newerland
Islamabad’s fresh dose of autonomy to the erstwhile Northern Areas have created a lot of heat and dust. R S Gull profiles the region’s history...
BOGOR
Shazia KhanAfter our arrival at the Jakarta international airport in Indonesia, we headed to the city of Bogor.A relaxed, one and a half hour...
Srinagar
M Y SiddiquiSwift action, spontaneous response and quick help thy name is the people of the Kashmir Valley. When it comes to the crunch,...
JAPAN
Ashiq Masood Islam reached Japan towards end of 19th century, much later as compared to her neighbouring countries - Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippine or even...
London
Jahangir Raina
It may seem an irony that you run from one cold place to another to spend winters. But a winter spent in England is definitely more comfortable than the one spent in Kashmir. Even if you have Hamam back home in Kashmir, there really is no substitute for central heating. I mean real central heating and not a sub-standard one driven by sub-standard electricity.
It may seem an irony that you run from one cold place to another to spend winters. But a winter spent in England is definitely more comfortable than the one spent in Kashmir. Even if you have Hamam back home in Kashmir, there really is no substitute for central heating. I mean real central heating and not a sub-standard one driven by sub-standard electricity.
SHOPIAN
A Parallel Economy
Off late, parts of south Kashmir have emerged as the main cultivator of poppy. The seeds go into the surging bakery sector and the straw is dried, powdered and sold. It sells like silver and Punjab is apparently the best market for it where it is boiled with water and the brew is drunk.
Off late, parts of south Kashmir have emerged as the main cultivator of poppy. The seeds go into the surging bakery sector and the straw is dried, powdered and sold. It sells like silver and Punjab is apparently the best market for it where it is boiled with water and the brew is drunk.
COLOMBO
Special Correspondent
The Whisky Flight
fter Idli Sambar and Masala Dosa, when the gate opened for boarding the budget carrier Jet Lite to Colombo at Chennai’s Anna International Airport, there were not more than 35 passengers in the bus that drove us to the tarmac. The Whisky Flight
Axis of Asia
Its proximity to China, Russia and India, is both boon and bane for Gilgit Baltistan. Empowered by the 2009 LFO, it wants all its...
Kulgam
Carved out of Islamabad, Kulgam is one among the eight newly created districts of Jammu and Kashmir. Earlier a tehsil, Kulgam has the districts Islamabad and Pulwama in its contiguity on its eastern and northern sides respectively. The districts of Udhampur and Rajouri fall on its south and south-west, though separated by majestic mountainous range of Pir Panjal, acting as a massive topographical barrier but rich in vegetation and forests with extensive pastures on its lower slopes.
