Stuck in Divorce
Reinterpretation of the institution of Muslim marriage in a high court judgement has infuriated the Kashmir clergy. As a former high court judge seeks...
Supporting Himayat
With the retention rate of the trained school dropouts jumping from 40 to 75 percent, third batch of more than 1400 youth got job...
Outsourcing a Sacrifice
Millions of Muslims converge to perform Hajj in Saudi Arabia. As they offer mandatory animal sacrifices, the meat is supplied to the impoverished African...
Meaty Needs
As the faithful Muslims throng markets in Srinagar to purchase sacrificial animals on the eve of Eid-ul-Azha, it is the beauty and elegance of...
A Stillborn Initiative
Panchayats were touted to be a vaunted zenith of a democratic initiative. While the first of the three tiers of Panchayat election is still...
Encroaching Every Inch
In Kashmir, the land is not only the last symbol of identity but also the only of the most paying sectors for investment that...
Benefit of doubt
Most of the accused including the pimp and her alleged clients were exonerated by a designated CBI court in Chandigarh to which the sensational...
A Dirty Picture
Doordarshan Srinagar was once known for amusing the audiences with its classy content and the variety of programs it produced. But it has lost...
A ‘Star’ Fall
When the former lawmaker, Altaf Kuloo, was caught in Nigeen last fortnight, it triggered a chain reaction: he was placed under suspension by his...
Unbundling power
As the J&K cabinet has approved plans of carving out four different companies from the huge power department to professionalize the basic service, will...
RTI: Towards Opaqueness
The recent notification by the J&K government to change the RTI Act 2010 has left civil society and political leaders aghast. Many claim that...
Tabinda Gani: An Award, A Case
Nearly five years after Tabinda Gani was abducted, gang-raped and murdered in a sleepy Handwara village in north Kashmir, the J&K government has set...
The North Block Change
With Sushil Kumar Shinde taking over as the new Home Minister, Kashmir Life’s Delhi Bureau offers a keyhole view of the changes that may...
The Pedagogy of Sectarianism
It didn’t shake a table when a Sikh posing as a ‘devout Muslim’ led prayers at the fateful Jamia Mosque in central Kashmir’s Sendbal...
In the line of ‘faith’
In a land known for its shrines and mosques, construction of a new mosque is no big news. But this mosque is unique not...
