Jailed Without Trial
A minor breadwinner of a poor family of ten is behind bars from the past six months without trial under PSA. Ikhlaq Qadri reports.
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Virtual Kashmir
Restricted to their homes for the most of summer, people in Kashmir have taken to the virtual world with a vengeance... Networking, gossiping, sharing...
Outsourcing Qurbani
A new concept in the centuries-old Islamic practice of offering the sacrifice of animals on Eid-Ul-Azha is gaining popularity in Kashmir. S Ikhlaq A...
Bought and sold
for a few thousand rupees many women from poor families in West Bengal are married to poor or mostly disabled Kashmiri men. Most of...
Believing in barter
Even in the 21st century many areas is Kashmir are yet to fully integrate in the modern economy. Syed Aadil reports a case of barter system still in vogue just 25 kilometers from state’s winter capital.
Curfewed Marriages
Big fat Kashmiri weddings have become austere this season, thanks to long curfews and shutdowns, but the simple ceremonies have much bigger hassles in...
Woman of power
She made a career choice, which was unheard of for a woman in conservative Kashmir. Braving norms and perceptions, she kept going. Aliya Bashir reports on the first woman chief engineer of Kashmir.
Helping To Heal
Adversity brings out the best in humans with conscience. Kashmir’s trying times saw many well meaning people come out to support the needy, Help...
What A Corps
Born out of the concern for Kashmir a group of Kashmiri origin students in the US, the KashmirCorps brings volunteers from around the world...
Businessman with a heart
His customers often leave their contact numbers and identity proofs to get expensive medicines on credit. But in most such cases, he knows, he...
United in adversity
With life literally under a siege in Kashmir people have come out to help each other. Volunteers are braving odds to serve the needy....
Simplicity forced
Curfews and shutdowns have forced Kashmiris to go for simple austere marriages. But not many are complaining. Instead they advocate for austerity as a...
Curfewed adaptation
At 7pm, says Abdul Hamid Beig, one of old city’s best known chemists, I start from Lal Bazaar taking the internal route. “I wait...
Take an evening break
Frequent restrictions and undeclared curfews in the old city is giving rise to an evening life, as people throng shops to buy essentials after...
Bride’s brutal departure
Police has rounded up six suspects to unravel the mystery around the death of a postgraduate girl student who’s body was fished out of...
