Wedded to wood
Lolab, literally the waters of love, is one of the most beautiful places in Kashmir inhabited by beautiful, hardworking people mired in tradition and...
Malaysia
Qazi Mamoon Ashraf: It is time for lunch. It is time to leave all the (fake) studying and hop into the canteen, look around...
Unseen Kashmir
As the Covid-19 dictated lockdown protracted from one week to another, restive youngsters moved out to explore the Kashmir they had not heard or...
Nourooz in Persia
By: Syed Iliyas Ali Rizvi
With the rebirth of nature, indeed across the world, Nourooz is celebrated with rich cultural traditions. With distinct variation across...
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
Khundroo Ammo Depot: A constant torment
Live fuses, shells and landmines scattered in villages around Khundroo Ammunition Depot are haunting a population, who are losing lives and limbs to stray...
In Ravaged Kathmandu
Among thousands of volunteers busy helping Nepal come back to rails after the devastating earthquake, there are a few from Kashmir too. Engineer Abdul...
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...
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...
Zainatilak, The Missing Town
Budshah built massive infrastructure in his half a century rule. Barring a few canals, nothing exists. But almost everything he built, names are still...
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.
