Lines of excellence
For forty years Bashir Ahmad Bashir has been drawing cartoons, which many say is the soul of the Srinagar Times. The cartoons have many...
Manuscript Man
Nothing hinders Manzoor Daikoo from collecting rare Kashmiri manuscripts, not even his financial constraints. Hamidullah Dar interacts with the manuscript man …
Matter of vision
At 16, Ghafoor Wahid began losing his eyesight. But His vision helped him prepare for the greater challenge life threw at him. Aliya Bashir...
Public Interest lawyer
Ghulam Mohammad Wani left the judiciary to remain just, and made public interest litigation his weapon to fight for people, at times earning him...
Universal Donor
A labourer in a stone quarry, Showkat Ali Wani, runs an NGO dealing with first aid and blood donations. With an O negative blood...
Lighting up a Life
It is not a big deal to change three buses to work everyday, use a cell phone, teach computers, or thread a needle; not...
Hands that heal
With a successful career as a leading ENT specialist at his back and academic feats in his kitty, Dr Mir Mabool was not content....
Teacher at heart
An engineer by profession, a teacher at heart, Manzoor Ahmad Kachgar has established over two dozen Darsgahs in his locality, and a school that...
Preserving A Heritage
In 1998 Munshi brothers of Kargil were demolishing their ancestral inn when they discovered a treasure trove of artefacts. Rather than bringing them wealth,...
Verses from the heart
When Ghulam Nabi Chitgar’s hands are busy mixing and preparing tobacco for his customers, his mind is busy elsewhere - composing poetry. Shazia Yousuf...
A musical vision
Dost Mohammad Khan was three when he lost his eyesight. That did not stop him from becoming the first graduate in his family, or...
Blood for the nation
Shabir Hussain Khan knows the value of blood since childhood, when his family had to pay exorbitantly for 20 pints of blood required for...
Braveheart Saviours
A group of roadside vendors say they are obliged to save lives because God gives them the chance. Shazia Khan reports about the foursome...
Defying blindness
An accident in childhood made him lose sight over the years. But the knowledge and experience he acquired over the years help Shabir Masoodi...
Face off with life
Saima was 15 when she survived an IED blast, defaced. An unsuccessful facial surgery led to scores of correctional surgeries, but that has not...
