Shot in Darkness
Even after he raised his camera in the air to prove his identity, an indifferent cop shot a full cartridge of pellets at his...
“When we seek to introspect dialectics of any process, both its negative and positive...
Dr Mir Khalid was born into a prominent civil services’ family in Safakadal, Srinagar. His clinical research has appeared in the British Journal of...
A deadly Change
After witnessing the killing of a teenager who was part of post Handwara molestation protests, Azhar Khan, a promising school teacher took to guns...
“In 90’s young Kashmiris were angry but scared and now they are angry and...
Former BBC journalist Andrew Whitehead covered Kashmir conflict extensively during troubled 90’s. On his recent visit to Srinagar, Saima Rashid talks to him about...
Fate of Two Adils’
They were an employee and an employer, sharing not only the name but an urge to rebel, too. Shams Irfan tells the story of...
“There are nations like the Kurds, Kashmiris, and Tibetan etc. which do not have...
In an interaction with Kashmir Life staff, author and academician Dr Nitasha Kaul talks about identity, injustice, concept of nation and state, and the...
Artist’s Elegy
When she landed in Delhi for studies, she carried impressions of Kashmir’s troubled history along. Through art, Hina Arif highlights sufferings back home despite...
War Woes
TV suggests that India and Pakistan stand on brink of another war. Even Kashmir is thick with battle talk. War means disaster. Bilal Handoo...
A for Azaadi
With students literally caged for two months now, options to help them study are not around, barring certain symbolic community efforts in a few...
Fractured Future
With major city hospitals struggling to manage pellet and gunshot injuries, around two dozen boys are struggling with facial fractures at the dental college. Mohammad Raafi reports...
That Televised War
It has been 17 years since India and Pakistan fought a ‘localized’ war over the hills between Zoji La and Siachen glacier. Following Vajpayee’s...
Savaged South
The brief encounter at Bamdoora that triggered massive reaction from south and paralyzed Kashmir for many days has created havoc with scores of lives, reports...
Charar After Mast Gul
When the Frontier fighter Mast Gul descended down from peaks with his group for a winter sojourn to the revered Chrar-e-Sharief, it led to...
The Kashmir Imbroglio: Taking Lessons from Aaland Islands
By Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai
There are some disputes in modern history that one might take lessons from in understanding the wisest course to take...
The Gilgit Rebel
From Gilgit to Kupwara, Srinagar to Jammu and eventually from Muzaffarabad to London, Amanullah Khan Astori lived an eventful life to preach third-option for...