Downgrading Red Zone
At one point of time, Hajin belt was emerging as Coronavirus hotbed. Though the belt continues wearing the red zone status, the numbers have...
The Covid Collateral
While the entire focus is on preventing Covid-19 related fatalities, people are silently dying from treatable medical conditions and also because of the negligence...
Blood and Virus
After the mourners violated the social distancing norms in Sopore, security grid has silently started official burial of the slain militants in Kashmir to...
Under Corona Crosshairs
As families are rediscovering their shared spaces during the ongoing lockdown, a section of the society is witnessing a dramatic rise in domestic violence,...
Locked-Down
Khalid Bashir Gura talked to a number of people from diverse backgrounds just to understand how they manage their life in the lockdown that...
Concertina and Ostracism
Life inside a containment area is no different from the lockdown. It is the ostracization that makes it different, reports Farzana Nisar
Every road leading...
Deafening Domicile
Amid the counter-Covid-19 lockdown, Delhi quietly rolled out the new rules defining domicile of the newly created Union Territory. Amended a few days later,...
A Different Politician
Since the fifties, Peer Hafizullah Makhdoomi had a conspicuous presence in Kashmir politics till 1990s. A confidante of the then leading politician Mohiuddin Karra,...
Get Masks Please
Coronavirus is making deeper inroads but Kashmir is woefully short of essential medical supplies, reports Umar Mukhtar
When the news of first positive Covid-19 case in...
Whither Job?
Kashmir is grappling with rising joblessness, but there are fewer government jobs and recruiting agencies are in a limbo, reports Saima Bhat
When in 2010...
Kashmir’s Tehran Tension
As Kashmir’s historical Iran connection is being tested by the coronavirus spread, expert Kashmiri Iranians suggest against flying a few hundred students home because...
Behind Firewalls
Initially, it was a battle for coming out of the wrong side of the digital divide. Now with 2G at play, it is the...
Viral Fear
Kashmiris returning from Wuhan, the epicentre of coronavirus in China that has killed more than 2100 people, are quarantined in Delhi. As the health...
Game of Thrones?
Amid expectations that the political leaders will move out after putting half of the year in custody, the government slapped Public Safety Act against...
Caught by Cancer
There is no single stop where one can get the exact details of the state and status of cancer in Kashmir because the state...
