Breaking Bonds
In good old days matchmakers used to be a key link between a would-be bride and a groom and their families. Now it’s a...
Gender Crisis
A month after the state government admitted the existence of trans-genders in J&K, the community that has survived torture and abuse for most of...
Inadmissible Infants
As Kashmir witnesses increased abandoning of newborn babies, the recent incidence of parents leaving ‘Baby Unknown’ at the mercy of dogs outside a Srinagar...
Shared Motherhood
When a couple that had stayed put at the peak of migration of Kashmiri Pandits, died between a year, the responsibility of taking care...
Middlemen Mafia
A dispassionate overview of Kashmir society clearly indicates, its every facet of life is in control of brokers, from faith to market and to...
When Nature Calls!
Kashmir may have a millennium long recorded history and might be the Paradise on Earth but the fact is that it is one of...
Ticking Bombs
At a time when everybody is carrying a broom for a photo-op, Umar Mukhtar visted two south Kashmir villages to understand the crippling crisis...
Braid Costs
As the mysterious hair-cutting of the womenfolk gets upgraded to a sort of epidemic, Kashmir is witnessing massive costs for its economy and the...
Arzan Kakh
Pandits left and kept their keys with Muslims. Pandits who stayed back died and were cremated by Muslims. This all is reported already. But...
Malwan’s Braid Choppers
Mysterious hair cutting incidents started in central India early this year and literally followed the road to Kashmir. Restricted to restive South Kashmir, Kulgam...
Off Track
Saqib Mir spends a night with the residents of a distant Kokernag hamlet to understand how they survive and grow without all the basic...
Stitching Lives
An NGO with an already good track record in social service has roped in literal destitute women and girls and is training them as...
Willing Collaterals
A mere sound of bullet used to send people running for shelter during early years of militancy in Kashmir, but not anymore. Saima Bhat...
Stitching a Living
When men failed to yield a sustainable income from once respected Aari work, they abandoned en-masse. Interestingly, the gulf was filled by their better...
A Ragged Life
Ever thought how many hands do a piece of scrap changes before it reaches its final destination. Zafar Aafaq follows the journey to understand...
