Fields of Addiction
A string of villages near Bijbehara rely primarily on fields of illegal crops for sustaining themselves. SHAMS IRFAN walks through one of these villages,...
Faith Accompli
Christian missionary activity in Kashmir has come under a scanner after conversion of some vulnerable individuals. The extremely skewed sex ratio of Christians in...
Cleaning Up Registration
After a series of reforms, the stamp duty and the registration process have paved way for better returns to the exchequer. Now the reformed...
Rekindling Persian Past
Persian literature contains an immense treasure of Kashmiri culture and history almost totally obliterated from the present realm. But, as Majid Maqbool reports, there...
Hospital Jeopardy
The institutions that uphold values of cleanliness in Kashmir are contradicting the very essence of what they teach. Sameer Yasir reports on the increasing...
Path to Majesty
Mughal Road has opened lanes of benefit to varied sectors of society. Javaid Naikoo reports on how this road lures some to love, and...
Plundering Heritage And Future
Famous Saffron fields of Kashmir have been under an onslaught. Shams Irfan investigates the archaeological diversity hidden underneath the spice fields, and their shocking fate.
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Mission Interlocutors’ Report
After a yearlong exercise of interacting with ‘all shades of opinion’ in Jammu and Kashmir, the three interlocutors employed by New Delhi in the...
Kashmir Under Dogs
In the past decade there has been an alarming increase in the rabies carrying stray dog population in Kashmir. Correspondingly, more than a hundred...
Unhappily Employed
In last few years, many Kashmiris have been recruited in central paramilitary forces. Some of these recruits share their tales of frustration and disillusionment...
Snatched Livelihood
Almost ten years after the army laid a siege around a cluster of villages in Drugmulla and occupied their paddy fields, the villagers are...
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...
Ceding Territory For Peace
India is ready to cede some territory to Bangladesh in return of the latter’s cooperation in ‘anti-terrorism’ needs and to buy peace with the...
Anna Can Wait
Anna Hazare has not resonated in Kashmir. Alienation in the region is so deep that Kashmir has virtually rejected the entire system and Anna’s...
Rehabilitation or Harassment?
Released or ex-militants have had to continue suffer harassment and indignity long after having endured physical torture during their detention by government forces. After...
