New Mix At Kheer Bhavani
Kheer Bhavani came alive again last week with Kashmiri Pandits thronging the annual religious festival in good numbers. But as Bilal Handoo found out, it...
Turning A Blind Eye
Students who have hearing and visual impairments are increasingly finding it difficult to receive proper education. Syed Asma takes a closer look at the...
Stolen Childhood
Thousands of children are forced to earn a livelihood for themselves and for their families and on the way sacrificing their dreams, their hope,...
Uncomfortable homes
Building a house on alien designs and imported construction material may look wonderful but it comes at the cost of discomfort especially during winters...
Objects Of Desire
They are flaunted before tourists as a part of Kashmiri culture, but how many Kashmiris actually treasure their jeweled traditions? analyses Shehla Rashid asks, are these remnants of a lost civilization, or lost elements of a civilization?
Unhappily Ever After
Dealing with divorce can be emotionally exhausting in itself. But as Sameer Yasir reports, in Kashmir, the judicial system ensures couples remain entangled in...
Riding Healthy
A group of eco and health conscious young bankers wearing formal suites have started going to office riding bicycles. Tasavur Mushtaq reports about the...
Emotional Disconnect
There are hundreds of children in various orphanages in Kashmir, where their educational and other needs are taken care of. However, many don’t find...
Years Of Solitude
As the newer generations of Kashmiris get increasingly preoccupied with their lives and careers, a section of society is being left behind. Saima Bhat...
Not Stopping Yet
Gone are the days when people used to think of retirement as a well earned vacation after 30 to 40 years of work. As...
Cast Away
It is like an illegality repeated hundreds of thousands of times. Jammu and Kashmir has 2.5 lakh children working to earn a living. Syed...
Another Cop In Jail
After the disgraced SP Sewak Singh was convicted for murder of a subordinate last month, the court awarded life sentence to another officer, this...
Distant Roots
A few Uyghurs have made Kashmir their home since decades with almost no contact with their families in the places of their origin. Syed...
Archaic learning
The colleges and universities in the state are stuck in decades old courses and curriculum when the world has moved on. Geer Mohammad Ishaq...
Divided In Exile
Though being considered as one of the brilliant contemporary poets, Ghulam Mohammad Bhat aka Mushtaq Kashmiri is little known in Kashmir. As neither he nor his books are available here. Saima Bhat reports.
