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Society

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

A Militant’s Mother

When a rebel is killed, the loss and celebration on the two sides of the ideological divide is the routine. But what happens to the...

Using Sixth Sense

Born deaf and dumb this youngster has decided to live a life of dignity and self-dependence. Faheem Mir tells his inspirational story A small utility...

My family first

This is an extraordinary story of a young girl who overcame odds to make her family’s life comfortable. Zubair Sofi talks to the multi-talented...

Love and Longing

Pandits living outside try to stay connected with their roots by recreating the Kashmir in their small dwellings. Marila Latif talks to a few...

Waiting for Papa

As their father languishes in Delhi’s Tihar jail for last 21 years, four daughters are doing their bit to keep the family together. Heena...

Brides for Sale

There are hundreds of non-local brides in Kashmir. While some marry on their own and live happily, a huge number of them are lured,...

That Reading Room

It was just a small space that helped Kashmir’s well-read gentlemen to see a future in wake of Russian and French revolutions that got...

A Radar Change

As India and Pakistan armies fought its first formal battle over Kashmir in 1965, a small village in Budgam paid the ultimate price. At...

Distress Calls

The aftermath of Burhan’s killing left families divided across Kashmir. There was no way one could have reached their loved ones studying outside Valley....

Mamu Matters

Brothers have always taken an extra step in ensuring that their sisters survive respectfully. Zubair Sofi tells the story of a family that returned...

Faithfully Disowned

As the ruling bipolar grouping gets into second year of its version 2.0, tensions are increasing within the small Muslim minorities scattered across Dogra...

Charred under Snow

A devastating fire in godforsaken Rajwar valley left villagers at nature’s mercy, literally. Zafar Aafaq visits the beautiful valley to report the devastation “The fifteen...

Ravaged Rohingyas

For almost half a decade, hundreds of Rohingya Muslims are living in Jammu almost in pathetic state. Aakash Hassan visits the Narwal ghetto to...

Death of Fear

Fear is a key element of managing abnormal situations and it has been in vogue for decades now in Kashmir. With youth clashing with...

The Autumn Tears

Unrest 2016 was different in its ferocity and spread. While the ideologically split space has worked enormously to evaluate the costs in blood, body-parts,...