From Bullet to Ballot
When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says people of Jammu and Kashmir have rejected bullet to choose the ballot, he is not mistaken. Safwat...
Jail Outbreak
The contagion managed entry into one of the many over-crowded jails in Kashmir pushing the families into a new crisis reports Khalid Bashir Gura
The spike...
Deviating Clergy – A challenge
Involvement of a number of members from Muslim clergy in passion crimes across Kashmir has brought the highly respected role in Muslim society to a disrepute. P...
Electing ‘maha-sarpanchs’
Touted to bring a new era of democracy in conflict-torn Kashmir, the elected members of Panchayat Raj institutions have been reduced to a mere...
O’ Zoji La
As one of world’s 10 dangerous roads reopens for summer months, R S Gull goes reason-hunting beyond Zoji La to understand why road-connectivity to...
Unhappily Ever After
Dealing with divorce can be emotionally exhausting in itself. But as Sameer Yasir reports, in Kashmir, the judicial system ensures couples remain entangled in...
Making Kashmir Home
Trafficking women into Kashmir for marriages is an old story. What is new is that not every one of the women lives an unhappy...
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...
Power Push
Government’s effort to complete an electrification project ahead of schedule has helped a new group of entrepreneurs to get into the manufacture and value...
Overflying the dead
Kashmiris heart beats in Srinagar. But what keeps Srinagar going is a question that politicians seem to overlook. With elections round the corner, Bilal...
Stress And Suspended Lives
Women in Kashmir are the worst sufferers of conflict. Experts say women generally have less tolerance for trauma. Some Kashmiri women have devised their...
In No Go Area
Unshakable faith in God and compassion for the ailing inspires Jameel Ahmad Digoo, an ambulance driver of the health department, to ferry Covid-19 positive...
Theatrics at LoC
The barter trade allowed across LoC at two points – Uri and Poonch – has been plagued with problems right from its inception. Meanwhile...
Hurriyat Sartajed
At the end of the day, it is Delhi and Islamabad’s national interest that is fundamental to their moves on Kashmir. This is the...
Ikhwan Tales
After suspected gunmen shot dead Rashid Billa at his Hajin residence, the Ikhwan tales were again in demand. Shams Irfan visited the belt to...
