Living on edge
They extract stones from mountains to derive their livelihood, and in many cases, the quarries they work in, end their lives. Saima Riyaz peeps...
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...
Journey Of A Lifetime
He could hardly make ends meet, but a desire to perform Hajj kept him going. Mukeet Akmali talks to a man whose road to...
Dubai Dreams
Thousands of qualified professionals leave their native places to land in filthy-rich desert city, Dubai, where the idea of life appears alluring. As is...
A Beggar’s Paradise?
Come Ramzan, the Muslim month of fasting, mike-fitted vans and visibly destitute women swarm Srinagar markets and peripheral towns. Most of them turn out...
Innocence trampled
A child killed by a father, a minor raped by a neighbour. More and more cases of child abuse are reported from different corners of the valley. Hamidullah Dar reports.
Rendered Vulnerable
Families who lost their homes to gun battles in recent days are shelter-less and vulnerable to the spread of Covid-19, reports Umar Mukhtar
Beighpora, a nondescript...
Divorced By Pellets?
A young mother who went searching for her minor son at the peak of 2016 unrest was hit by a cartridge of pellets blinding...
Working and fragmenting family
Cohesive family is the foundation of healthy and robust society. Demands of working away from home can pull apart families if personal relationships are...
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...
The Ties That Bind
Culture and compromise. Saima Bhat takes a closer look at the predicament of non-Kashmiri women who marry into Kashmiri families.
Rajeshwari, 30, has been known...
Mother’s in Kashmir
Women in Kashmir symbolize the tragedy of this place. The pain, agony and separation from the children are the worst of all the misfortunes...
Love Is Not Blind
Think of a life that is without a pair of eyes. And then read Saima Bhat’s report about a boy, the elder of the...
Getting fit
Fitness centres meant exclusively for women are receiving a good response as women here become more health conscious. Rifat Mohidin reports.I was very worried...
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...
