Srinagar, Aug. 25 -- In Srinagar, when a woman carries a gym bag, it often attracts stares. The object is ordinary, yet the act of a woman openly claiming time for her own body feels unusual here. F... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 25 -- Walk through any Kashmiri bazaar in recent years, and you would see the same sight: a young man bent over his phone, building a fantasy cricket team. You would see a shopkeeper t... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 25 -- These were ordinary families, farmers and property owners, confronting a pattern they described as "sustained denial of justice." Their complaints ranged from blatant encroachment... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 25 -- The sound of the dhol once rolled across villages in Kashmir like a call to prayer. The nagara answered with its hollow boom, and the high-pitched surnai followed like a shepherd'... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 23 -- The administrative rationale behind the order is meticulously detailed. It stems from a request to hold a Majlis-e-Hussaini on the 28th of Safar. Yet, this request has been met wi... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 23 -- In Srinagar's old alleys, the clatter of looms has grown faint. Once-bustlingkarkhanasnow stand locked or turned into storage spaces. For centuries, Kashmiri handicrafts have car... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 23 -- At a packed hall in Srinagar on Saturday, dozens of young entrepreneurs gathered to hear a message that was as simple as it was ambitious: Kashmiri startups can go global. The sp... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 23 -- On a bitter winter morning in the early 1960s, in Tangmarg, just 23 miles from the capital city, a young Akhtar Purvez watched a neighbour mount a horse and ride ten miles to summ... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 22 -- I painted the vast blue sky with beautiful white clouds on a small canvas. Suddenly, I had a flashback to a time when the internet and phone services were shutdown in Kashmir due ... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 22 -- It is strange to measure absence. My grandmother, Moajie, left us in the early hours of August 15, at 4:19 am, a Friday, as if the valley itself held its breath. Outside, life ca... Read More