Innovative bid
Its first impact on ground was chief minister Omar Abdullah filing a defamation suit against PDP leaders Nizamuddin Bhat and spokesman Naem Akhter for...
Virtual Success
“Hooglu doesn’t mean anything. It just struck my mind,” says Zaid. A word without meaning that’s now become a business without boundaries. Tasavur Mushtaq...
Grand Canal
A canal coming from Ganderbal would once supply water for ablutions at the Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, and feed fields in its path. Hardly...
Precious water
Post militancy, one of the major issues that crept into public discourse was the exploitation of the water resources initially by the restrictions imposed...
Too heavy to take along
Food adulteration was unheard of in Kashmir as every household would prepare spices themselves, even husking of rice was done in homes. With the...
Leaking Diplomacy
That it is a huge embarrassment for the State Department is an old story. The US cables leaked by the whistleblower website WikiLeaks, apart...
Lost in modernity
The traditional architecture is no more in fashion in Kashmir, which many believe was more suited to valley’s climatic conditions. Ibrahim Wani reports.
Zahoor Ahmad...
Filthy Game
US diplomatic cables revealed by Wikileaks unveiled many hidden aspects related to the politics around Kashmir and intermittent dialogue between different stakeholders. These cables...
The new academia
Omar WaniThree important aspects mark the end of this week: the end of the first decade of the 21st century, the first snow fall...
Eye On Wars And Life
He once struggled to buy a camera for himself, and today he is in the league of the world’s best photojournalists. Tasavur Mushtaq reports...
A stream buried
Ill planning and mismanagement of water resources, especially waterways, in Kashmir has lead to severe problems, turning some water bodies into cesspools, Ikhlaq Qadri...
What happens at Pugwash?
Pugwash has always been a closed door affair since it first started to host voices from India, Pakistan and Kashmir at different venues across...
Lost not longing
Arshid Malik
On my recent trip to Chandigarh with some of my colleagues we stopped over for some advice on “where do we eat” from...
Journalism as a Career
Dr SHAHID RASOOL
Journalism is one of the oldest professions. Earlier mostly people landed in this field either accidentally or by the influence of peer...
Apple of Kashmir’s eye
How would you like a sweet, aromatic apple with long shelf-life. Kashmir had it but lost it because of lack of access to Middle...
