Mukhtar Mai gets married
A Pakistani gang rape victim who won international acclaim as a campaigner for women’s rights has married.
Mukhtar Mai wed a policeman who is still...
Rs 10 a coin now
Reserve Bank of India has issued a new bimetallic 10 Rupee coin for circulation even as some people have expressed displeasure with replicating the Christian Crusader’s Cross’ on the coin.
The obverse side has the lion capitol with numeral 10 and year of manufacture. On reverse side, a double line cross with a dot in each pellet of cross and denomination written in Hindi and English around. The cross with the dots is closely similar to very much like the ‘Christian Cross’ on the Gold Coin issued by French king Louis the Pious (778 AD-840 AD).
The obverse side has the lion capitol with numeral 10 and year of manufacture. On reverse side, a double line cross with a dot in each pellet of cross and denomination written in Hindi and English around. The cross with the dots is closely similar to very much like the ‘Christian Cross’ on the Gold Coin issued by French king Louis the Pious (778 AD-840 AD).
WOMAN POWER
For the first time many Kashmiri women are holding positions of consequence in the state administration. Shazia Yousuf profiles 11 of them to get...
Marriage of the year
Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman Yasin Malik brought home his Pakistani bride Mushaal Mullick known for her racy paintings. The 40-year-old Malik had married...
King Singh humbled
Arrests have remained a routine in Kashmir for the last twenty years. It barely makes news. Last year started with the arrest of...
Marriage of the year
Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman Yasin Malik brought home his Pakistani bride Mushaal Mullick known for her racy paintings. The 40-year-old Malik had...
Nostalgic aroma
As Café Coffee Day’s entry in Kashmir brews up the competition with the few existing outlets, Shazia Yousuf traces the history of the coffee...
A Dutch man in Kashmir
A Dutch man is living in Kashmir for five years, making and selling Dutch cheese. Hamidullah Dar meets Chris Zandee to find out what...
Spellbound
It is real magic for some, superstition for others, and irreligious for many. But a number of people in Kashmir believe in sorcery and...
Marriage: Late is not better
Average age for marriages in Kashmir has risen from 20’s to 30’s with emphasis on economic stability and extravagant weddings. The rise in marrying...
Kashmir’s Grave World
Death doesn’t mean an end. There is an elaborate system of social stratification involving the burials that is an economy in itself. But space...
A Trust Initiated
by Shazia Khan
In 1970, a revenue officer Abdul Khalik Tak was conducting an official survey in many parts of the state when he...
Collateral Damage
They fight painful memories, face hardships and an uncertain future. Tens of thousands of children orphaned by two decade conflict in Kashmir suffer silently....
A generous hand
Established in 2005, Sakhawat Centre strives to achieve its multifarious objectives of facilitating quality education, social transformation and upliftment of destitute. Shazia Khan reports....
Inquisitive instinct
Naseema Lanker made history by becoming the first divisional commissioner of Kashmir. Shazia Yousuf profiles the change maker. Naseema Lanker will always remember August...
