Pandit Peer
The age-old tradition of faith-healing has survived both modernity and conflict. Faith-healers cutting across religious lines still command following that baffle professionals. Bilal Handoo...
Surrogate Custody
With properties worth thousands of crores at stake a bill handing custodianship of temples and shrines back to Kashmiri Pandits has brought BJP and...
Minority Minions?
As a Parliamentary Committee strongly suggests J&K government must consider declaring migrant Kashmiri Pandits a minority given the “pitiable condition” they live in, R...
Rebuilding the shrine
Dastgeer Sahib Shrine in Srinagar’s Khanyar area caught mysterious fire on June 25, 2012. The flames subsequently reduced the 200-year-old shrine into a heap of...
Eid-i-Milad celebrations in Kashmir
Kashmir Life's photojournalist Bilal Bahadur with KL intern Durdana Bhat lens through Milad celebrations.
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...
This Eid : Let Us Introspect
Mature societies have one thing fundamental to their growth, strength, sanity and vibrancy: introspection. It works at multiple levels starting with family, housing settlements...
Protecting Faith
If a practicing Muslim deviates from the fundamental principles laid down in Islam, it can be deemed blasphemous. In Kashmir, ignorance of guiding theological...
Invisible Imams
While religion evokes emotions and generosity among Kashmiris the people who preach it struggle to feed their families. Once highly respected class of the...
The Chenab Conflagration
Worst communal clashing on Eid led to three brutal deaths, massive property loss and a visible gulf between the two communities in Kishtwar. As...
His Blaze Version
Sajjad A Kitchloo, the Kishtwar representative in the state assembly, was at home when the town burnt. This was one reason why the BJP...
Fasting Fare!
Across the world holy month of Ramadan brings with it some specific delicacies that keep the faithful in good spirits and health. Apart from...
“I am sure there is some force working behind the scene to create chaos...
Anjuman Shar-e-Shian president Agha Syed Hassan Al Moosvi Al Safavi tells Tasavur Mushtaq that unity among Shias and Sunnis is the only way forward...
Cruel Crisis
In the aftermath of Gool when J&K was mourning from Gujar Nagar to Kargil, sectarian clashes erupted in the Valley’s belly. As violence raged...
Bond of Faith
The ripples of Gool massacre were felt across the Pir Panjal as Kashmir valley erupted in protests bringing closer the historically estranged people. Shah...
