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...
“Street shows across globe help in assuring tour operators that Kashmir is safe to...
Tourism department is hopeful that street shows in foreign countries will help bring back high spending foreign tourists back to Kashmir. Director tourism, Talat...
Drowning ‘Dreams’
With government ban in force on the making of new houseboats, a gradual decline in manual workforce associated with the craft has been noticed....
White Fall
Bilal Bahadur captures the fresh snowfall in Kashmir.
White Blanket
On the last day of 2013, Kashmir woke up to a pleasant surprise. The seasons's first heavy snowfall draped everything white. Bilal Bahadur captures some white...
Aatish-E-Chinar: A Photo Feature
One of the famous couplets of the poet of East, Allama Iqbal reads: Jis Khaak Ke Zameer Main Ho Aatish-E-Chinar, Mumkin Nahin Ke Sard Ho...
Snow@Gulmarg: A Photo Feature
The famed meadow of Kashmir Valley, Gulmarg, received season's first snowfall this week. As the meadow slowly slid under white carpet, people present there...
Going Gangbal
Mufti Islah
Gangabal is stunning grassland perched at 15,000 feet spreads out mythically from the margins of two small almost-identical lakes, fed by the glacial...
