The Muslim Clergy
Conversions to Christianity, the idea of reopening liquor shops and cinema halls and government funding for Madrass as were controversies the clergy and the...
Cardiac Hospital
It was sheer luck that Dr Fayaz Shawl somehow managed to fly to UK. After creating his unmatched profile in last 37 years, he...
Visa Power
The US visa regime is grilling and sometimes problematic for some, but hundreds of Kashmiris visit America every year. The leaked US embassy confidential...
Community First
Baramulla’s unique charitable organization has made a name for itself. Inam Ul Haq reports on the men behind the mission. On a chilly afternoon...
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...
Fazl Haq Qureshi
Hurriyat Conference (M) executive member Fazl Haq Qureshi was discharged from SKIMS after 25 days in the hospital. Qureshi, who survived a murderous assault,...
Congress Making Inroads
The state unit of the Congress arty was busy expanding youth membership and Rahul Gandhi’s visit was used to trump the party fortunes among...
A Vacuum In Life
A cameraman with a local cable television Javed Ahmad Mir was shot dead covering a protest in 2008 August. His widow is battling each...
Kashmir on New Media
TARIQUE A BHAT
Newspapers were the kings of media but their crowns are about to topple off. The growth of what they call grassroots journalism...
Scripted in pain
A calligrapher with local Urdu dailies, Ghulam Nabi Mahajan was killed after watching his son die at the hands of troopers during a crack...
Making A Mark Online
Kashmiris are going online to express and establish themselves. Syed Asma surveys some Kashmiri websites that emerged in 2011.
Amidst the bans and restrictions on...
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...
G M Saroori
G M SarooriAt the drop of the hat, the erstwhile R&B minister G M Saroori would find himself outside Rahul Gandhi’s gate. But he...
Above censure
Despite criticism of his governance from many quarters, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s chair remained safe and secure, thanks of his rapport with the Gandhi family. Iftikhar Gilani reports.
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...
