Interlocution
New Delhi appointing interlocutors on Kashmir evoked mixed reactions here. Coming after the all party delegation visit, which raised many hopes after the visiting...
2011: Year of Peace?
Unlike previous three years, this remained relatively peaceful. It was a year when major issues like the official acknowledgement of the existence of unmarked...
From unsettled times to repressive freedom
By GAUTAM NAVLAKHA
I have little to say. Reason is simple. To report on everyday stable secure life punctuated by some days of turbulence is...
Power Reforms
Hydro power generation policy may see a positive shift soon, but some actors say the overall direction may end up being discriminatory against the...
Banking on Kashmir
The government decision to make RBI its debt banker in place of J&K Bank may have proved a blessing in disguise for the later.
They...
Walaykum Salam Ladishah Drav
Confined to radio and television studio’s Ladhishah were once the popular street performers, enriching Kashmir with satire and humour. Aliya Bashir reports
Asalaam Malaiqum Ladishah...
High Profile VISITS
Two high-profile visits to Kashmir, by Jhon McCanin and Margaret Sekaggay, this past year were a display of how differently states and multilateral bodies...
GORE AND PAIN
Kashmir Life has completed first year of its publication – a year that we will remember as painful, challenging but satisfying. Conventional wisdom called...
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...
Building an institution
There may be many factors for the growth of media in the last two decades in Kashmir, but one organisation has provided bricks for...
A Smile Cut Short
An enterprising photojournalist Mushtaq Ali’s story was cut short by a parcel bomb meant for fellow journalist Yusuf Jameel. Shazia Khan reports the travails...
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...
Dried Up
Once witnessing a huge inflow of migratory, many of Kashmir’s wetlands have dried up. Ikhlaq Qadri reports.
At least seven wetlands have lost into...
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Kashmir Life has completed two years of uninterrupted publication. This issue that you have in your hands marks the beginning of the third year.
In...
A Short Flight
His father had died 15 days before he was shot. His wife died less than two years later, leaving their three orphans and his...
