The Tulip Hands
As thousands of people enjoy the colourful Tulips bloom in millions amid high-cost celebrations, the din prevents garden managers from listening to the plight...
Unseen Kashmir
As the Covid-19 dictated lockdown protracted from one week to another, restive youngsters moved out to explore the Kashmir they had not heard or...
Machil Moorings
For most of Kashmir, Machil is a border sector where the rival armies shell each other’s positions. Mahmood Ahmad, who visited the belt in...
Mini Kashmir In Mountains
Far away from Srinagar is a little Kashmir in Kishtwar shrouded in clouds between Kashmir and Jammu. Administratively part of Jammu, Wadwan is accessible...
Quarantine Hotels
Without tourists since August 5, 2019, Kashmir hoteliers opened doors to shelter the Covid-19 suspects for mandatory quarantine. Initially, most of them were unhappy...
The Low Footfall
After the government evacuated tourists at the peak of a successful tourist season in August, Umar Mukhtar sees no change on ground yet after...
Grounded On Water
The abrupt August 4, order asking tourists and pilgrims to leave Kashmir marked the end of a busy tourist season. Shams Irfan met the...
1853: A Tourist On Foot
An unknown Englishman has penned in his peculiar language his long trek from Shimla to Srinagar via Tibet on foot in the summer of...
Female Hikers
Boys have all the fun everywhere, especially in conservative societies. A group is trying to help girls to go on mountain camping and expeditions...
To Sinthan and Back
Muhammad Younis details the day-long picnic to the Sinthan top
A single waft of cold in the scorching sun; what else would you ask for?...
Hoekh Suen Is Back
As better earning population is consuming fresh vegetables around the year pushing the traditional dried vegetables to history, a hospitality veteran has successfully created...
The Heaven I Know
Fighting her parents and the media-generated perceptions, a Bangalore student volunteers to teach at a Doda school and spend some time in Kashmir and...
Beautiful Wasteland
As Kashmir invests heavily in infrastructure and promotion to improve the visitor footfalls to resurrect the ailing hospitality sector, Shams Irfan visits prime tourist...
The Last Speech
After a hectic 3-day event of travel bloggers and journalists, when a senior officer delivered his “last speech”, it undid the costly effort in...
Adil The Alpinist
Mountaineering is a celebrated sport globally. In Kashmir, it has been popular with a section of enthusiasts, one of whom died climbing down from...
