Mahr Matters
Gradually Muslim women are getting educated about the importance of the Mahr and in lot many weddings the brides seek a berth in the...
A Perpetual Pain
Suicide leaves behind a legacy of suffering, burdening the ones who remain with a loss. Maleeha Sofi reports the costs of suicides that survivors...
Kashmir’s Insomniacs
Mental morbidity is a rampant issue in Kashmir. Off late, individuals requiring medications for a night of better sleep are gradually increasing and it...
The Serial Bride?
A number of Kashmir men not affording the “expensive weddings” back home married a divorcee living on the Pir Panchal foothills. Months after the...
Pervasive Harassment
Though a criminal offence with a punishment that can go up to three years of imprisonment, young women in Kashmir silently face harassment on...
Silent Scars
Too many teenagers, mostly girls, resort to self-harm in extreme situations to manage their anger, pain, anguish and bad memories. Babra Wani interacts with...
Second Lives
A number of people live two lives. They do something for a living and a completely different thing for passion. Muskan Fatima meets a...
Adopted Parenthood
With fertility going down and the number of childless couples increasing, Kashmir is witnessing a demand-supply gap in child adoptions. Post-2019, a new system...
Tengpora Slum
Driven by poverty and the hunt for livelihoods, a group of Nagrota families is living near Batamaloo in a tented slum to make a...
Gurus: The Kashmir Drink
A by-product in traditional butter making, buttermilk has been the most consumed drink in Kashmir for centuries. With machines taking over the skimming and...
Making Kashmir Home
Trafficking women into Kashmir for marriages is an old story. What is new is that not every one of the women lives an unhappy...
Reviving A Route
On two sides of the Pir Panchal mountains in Budgam live a community that shares ethos, language and heritage. For centuries, they have been...
Off The Shelf
An improvement in the literacy rate is not changing the age-old trend of avoiding books within and outside the classrooms. With the section of...
Uninterrupted Migrations
Srinagar is expanding fast as hoards of rich, professionals and fortune hunters from Kashmir periphery are making Srinagar their home. Raashid Andrabi explains the...
A Clan Crisis
They may all be boatmen but they have a lot of divisions dictated by the services they deliver and the professions they adopt. Insha...
