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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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Special Issue

No place for the native

In times when gene pool preservation is a priority all over the world, the indigenous livestock in Kashmir has disappeared, Ikhlaq Qadri reports. Kashmir has...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Skinned

Fur and furriers were a part of Kashmir’s economy, providing employment to thousands of people. A blanket ban on fur trade made it extinct...

Moved to greener pastures

Cattle grazers in villages who were a common feature of life in rural Kashmir have given up the occupation with changing lifestyles. Mir Farhat...

Missing paper trail

The art of producing one of the most long lasting and durable paper was mastered in Kashmir much before the advent of paper mills....

Hay days

A few strings of straw woven to make slippers were common footwear, not so long ago. Waseem Ahad reports. Whenever Mohammad Akbar Pala, 70,...

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...

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...

Mushtaq Ahmad

When the state government suggested RBI to appoint Mushtaq Ahmad as the chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the bank that it owns,it fetched...