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How Generations in Kashmir Built Love Without Language

Srinagar, July 26 -- On a summer morning in Vailoo, South Kashmir, the valley blazes awake in gold and green. Apricot trees drip with fruit, their shadows sharp on sun-cracked walls. From tin rooftops... Read More


Smoke Over Eden:Kashmir's House of Faith Is Crumbling

Srinagar, July 26 -- There's the Kashmir we see in pictures: green valleys, snowy peaks, and calm lakes. Then there's the Kashmir people carry inside them today, one that feels tired, broken, and lost... Read More


Only Two Trains, and a Valley Full of Passengers

Srinagar, July 25 -- When Danish Habib lately stepped off the plane in Jammu, his heart beat with something more than homecoming. After two long years working in Saudi Arabia, he had returned to Kash... Read More


As Climate Shifts, Kashmir's Water Mills Veer Off Course

Srinagar, July 25 -- In the village of Rafiabad, near the lower slopes of north Kashmir, mornings once began with the sound of water meeting wood. It was not a roar or rush, but a reliable creak, the ... Read More


What the SMHS Strike Reveals About Trust in Kashmir

Srinagar, July 25 -- At SMHS Hospital in Srinagar, clinical care gave way to institutional collapse. What should have remained an internal strike spiraled into a public confrontation, exposing the fra... Read More


When a Lie Wrecked My Life in Kashmir

Srinagar, July 24 -- I come from the margins. My father labored to earn daily wages, and I stitched clothes in a small tailoring unit in Kashmir to support my family. We weren't rich, but we lived wi... Read More


What a Kashmir Hospital Taught Me About Conscience

Srinagar, July 24 -- The neurologist came late. My turn was going to get delayed by about two hours. The same fateful day, I got my period after over two months. My back was aching and my stamina was ... Read More


The Muscle Coach Teaching Kashmiri Women to Stand Tall

Srinagar, July 24 -- At 6:45 a.m., Go Fitness Gym in Baghat Barzulla hasn't opened to the public yet. But on the second floor, under soft tube lights and the low hum of heating, Muskaan Bashir is alre... Read More


Why Are Doctors Becoming Punching Bags in Kashmir

Srinagar, July 24 -- It starts like this. You've been on your feet for 14 hours straight. You've stitched wounds, resuscitated a cardiac patient, scribbled prescriptions with half-shut eyes, and comf... Read More


This Time, Doctors in Kashmir Said 'No More'

Srinagar, July 24 -- At SMHS Hospital in Srinagar, emergency services lately came to a standstill. The reason: a differently-abled doctor was assaulted on duty. The doctors walked out, the administrat... Read More