Guests First
As rising levels in Dal lake made houseboats uncomfortable for the tourists, there was panic. It was felt in the official circles which prioritized...
A Tourist’s First Hand Account
by Mirsaad Imdad
I was in Kashmir when the flood started.
My family and I reached the Srinagar airport on a Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014. Along...
Un Fort-e-fied
Sitting atop Koh-i-Maran hill a 200 year old military fort is witness to Kashmir’s changing political fortunes. Safwat Zargar takes a walk around the...
Baltal Blaze
For decades local Muslims fed and carried Hindus to the cave shrine. Now when non-local stakeholders started meddling with their livelihood, a crisis erupted....
Train to Paradise
By: Seema Qadri
Trains, railway tracks and railway stations, whenever I recall them from the long-drawn-out list of memories from my childhood, I would always get...
Plundering Pahalgam
Despite high court banning fresh construction in Pahalgam influential people manage to build huge structures in eco-sensitive areas. Shams Irfan reports the daylight plunder...
Yatra: A Tradition Compromised
Yearly Amarnath Yatra was small, quick affair that the government would facilitate with the help of clergy. It was S K Sinha, the shrine...
History and Mystery of Peer ki Gali
by Sunaina Malik
The name ‘Peer ki Gali’ indicates: it has some auspicious relevance. As the word ‘peer’ means a person devoted to religion, as...
Enchanting Meadow
Situated 47 km away from Srinagar in Budgam district, Yusmarg is known for its grassy pastures, dense forests full of pine trees and splendid snow capped mountains. Within commutable...
Funding Faith
Money collected from different sources including tax on liquor sales is used to fund state’s ambitious plan of renovation and repair of religious places...
Good faith, bad policy
Though the state high court has kept in view the sensitive environment of Jammu and Kashmir while ordering to seal hundreds of hotels across...
A Perfect Getaway
With winters extending up to May, Indian budget tourists find Kashmir a perfect getaway from scorching heat of the plains. But the skyrocketing airfare...
Can Spring be far behind!
You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming, Pablo Neruda once said. Spring has indeed arrived in the valley with flowers in full...
In Pictures: Placid Scenes
As people were complaining about water-logged roads, power cuts and network jams owing to fresh snowfall in the valley, Bilal Bahadur visits around and...
In Pictures: Valley in White
In the first week of March, the shining sun had set heads into anticipation that spring is round the corner. But as the fresh...
