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Thursday, August 6, 2026
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Society

Richest repository of the trends, practices, numbers and the way of life of people inhabiting Jammu and Kashmir

Forced Migration?

Umar Mukhtar in Jammu found that tens of thousands of Kashmiris had already migrated in anticipation of the yearly durbar move On September 24, maneuvering...

Losing Connections

A section of the society having the luxury of functional fixed-line phone tried making good money, reports Shams Irfan A small worn-out bench inside a...

Revived Letters

 After years of huge reliance on the modern tools of communications, Kashmir is gradually returning back to the age-old tradition of letter writing, reports...

Excommunication

Jammu and Kashmir is passing through history’s biggest communication blockade   A middle aged person, a businessman, had somehow managed to get admission for his son...
Manzoor Ahmad Malik shawl-weaver Manzoor Ahmad Malik (KL Image: Samreena Nazir)

Weaver Dreams

Down south, a village has not abandoned handlooms because the power-looms work fast and better, but the weavers say they cannot change the destiny...
(L to R) Posha and Shaista Rashid with other members during thier self help group’s meeting in Shilwat village of Sumbal, Sonawari. KL Image by Shams Irfan

Women Fighters

In one of Kashmir’s impoverished belts, a central government scheme has revived the Umeed that if women, alongside men, will contribute by getting into...
Shakeela Bano (KL Image by Faisal Ahmed Fazeel)

Divorced By Pellets?

A young mother who went searching for her minor son at the peak of 2016 unrest was hit by a cartridge of pellets blinding...

Poultry In Pain

Almost half of the poultry farms in Lassipora are shut as others have reduced their rearing capacity. The sector requires quick attention as this...

A Beggar’s Paradise?

Come Ramzan, the Muslim month of fasting, mike-fitted vans and visibly destitute women swarm Srinagar markets and peripheral towns. Most of them turn out...
Kids of Darul Manan. KL Image: Bilal Bahadur

Creating A Cushion

A few students were desperate to find an option for getting a few minors out of child labour. They chipped in with their pocket...
Jana Begum rowing her boat. KL Image by Samreena Nazir

Bridging A Village

A fisherwoman stopped going to sell her husband’s catch after situation prevented her leaving her five daughters unguarded at home. In 30 years, she...
A poster encouraging women to call the helpline number displayed at OSC's office in Srinagar.

Repairing Stressed Relations

Since 2018 summer, an all India NGO is working in Srinagar and collaborates with civil and police administration in managing help to the people,...

Living in Refuge?

Despite being UN listed refugees, the Burmese living in Jammu do not see any major shift in the attitude of the host population towards...

Business of Death

Unlike most of the Muslim societies, the death in parts of Kashmir triggers a protracted commercial exercise that involves a set of professionals and...

Women Wails

From the fall of the Kashmir’s first woman ruler in last one millennium to a spate of serious crimes being committed against women, the...