Able efforts
As a student Shaheel Mohammad fought for rights of physically challenged students. Now he hears their problems and finds solutions. Mohammad Afzal Sofi reports.
When...
Fight for a right
Born with a neurological disorder, Syed Bashir-ud-din Qadri, has fought with life to pursue education. It took further fighting - in courts - to...
Listing the needy
Syed Mohd Hussain Haqqani was a small time social preacher until a poor widow stirred her conscience. Since then he has been on a...
Carving a future
This month as Farook Tass, an NIT student landed a handsome job in an on-campus placement interview, it was a culmination of a long,...
Epitome of Courage
She was born without hands, but that did not stop her from becoming an earning hand for her family. Hamidullah Dar meets Maryam Akhtar
Maryam...
Unimpaired motivation
Among his siblings he was the one his parents could least rely on, because of his blindness, but Wali Mohammad not only became the...
Determined to Conquer
Irshad Ahmad Ganai was born with arms that were a liability and not an asset. His determination saw him putting his feet to work...
Taking An Initiative
In Kashmir where marriage ceremonies have become extravagant and finding matches increasingly worrisome, Humsafar has made the process simple and easier. Haroon Mirani meets...
Learning without school
He has hardly been to school, but Sher Ali Mashgool is not just well read, but has two poetic publications to his credit. Afzal...
Grandfather teacher
In six decades Mohammed Maqbool Sangeen’s name has become synonymous with teaching Urdu. And his students have a fan club on Facebook for him....
Words of pain
Taja was mesmerized by poetry since childhood, but it were tragedies at a ripe age that brought out the poetess in her. Shazia Yousuf...
Passing the body on
A Muslim undertaker Muhammad Yaseen Dar performed the last rites for Pandits at Batamloo crematory for almost a decade. Dar died in 2008 and...
Sightless, not visionless
He can see the world only through the light of Quran. After losing eyesight at an early age Ghulam Hassan Wagay illuminated his life...
His Kashmir Nostalgia
A historical picture at his new house captured Showkat Rashid Wani’s attention in 1996. Moments later, when he moved away his gaze, he was...
Armed with determination
Ghulam Hassan Ganai lost both his arms to an electric shock in his childhood. Since then he has armed himself with determination to fight...
