Here To Stay?
You’ve seen them around many areas. People from outside of the state who come to Kashmir in search of a better life. SHAMS IRFAN...
Sunjwan Strike
As the rattling guns broke the early morning slumber inside the sprawling Sunjwan garrison in Jammu on February 10, the action and reaction lasted...
Records of Divide
Decolonisation of the Indian subcontinent was also accompanied with redrawing of national boundaries. The phenomenon did not just change the course of history but...
Brides for Sale
There are hundreds of non-local brides in Kashmir. While some marry on their own and live happily, a huge number of them are lured,...
Sitharaman Budget 3.0
In the third consecutive budget that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented in the Lok Sabha, the numbers are seemingly surging but details lack clarity,...
Killing Time
With communications blocked, the entire population is having a lot of time but not knowing what to do with it. Umar Mukhtar meets the...
A New Security Regime
Sixty six years after her independence, India is shifting from its federal structure by using a ‘security route’ to encroach upon the autonomy enjoyed...
Pronounced misery
After 14 years of suffering, a Delhi court verdict in Lajpat Nagpar blast case has brought respite to a few Kashmiri families, and aggravated...
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...
Dhaka Despatches
Kashmir’s desperation to have a doctor in a family helped Bangladesh emerge as the new destination for medical training. After a medical student's mysterious...
Swine Scare
In anticipation of bone-chilling winter, the people have started felling victim to the scare that HINI is around. Saima Bhat reports that the virus has...
The Serial Bride?
A number of Kashmir men not affording the “expensive weddings” back home married a divorcee living on the Pir Panchal foothills. Months after the...
Surviving Scandalous
Ever since his elevation to cabinet, senior Congress leader Peerazada Mohammad Sayeed is in news for all the wrong reasons. Be it multi-crore rural...
At God’s Mercy
The first counseling for a patient suffering from stressful situation is at home. But when the same home turns into a hell-hole, a patient...
Plundering Pahalgam
Despite high court banning fresh construction in Pahalgam influential people manage to build huge structures in eco-sensitive areas. Shams Irfan reports the daylight plunder...
