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What the Auditors Found in Kashmir Files

Srinagar, Sept. 30 -- By K.P. Yadaw and Raja Muzaffar Bhat Auditors going through the records of Jammu and Kashmir's lakes found that 315 of them, 45 per cent of the total and 1,537.07 hectares of wa... Read More


Will Congress Finally Take on Gyanesh Kumar?

Srinagar, Sept. 29 -- By Haider Abbas Even a cursory look at recent elections, particularly after 2014, when the BJP came to power at the Centre, reveals widespread political unrest in the country. ... Read More


The Kashmir Marriages That Lasted Only Months

Srinagar, Sept. 29 -- By Mohammad Ilyas Bhat The marriage had lasted about fifteen days when the woman returned to her parents. She had married a man who had already been through a divorce. Accordin... Read More


Kashmir's Natural Coolers Are Disappearing

Srinagar, Sept. 28 -- By Mauzam Bakshi Srinagar grew around the Jhelum and a web of lakes, wetlands, marshes and channels, and for generations that water did work no machine has been asked to do. Da... Read More


J&K: A State in Waiting

Srinagar, Sept. 28 -- Dr S. Bashir Ahmad Veeri The resolution seeking restoration of full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir is fundamentally a question of federalism, representative government and the p... Read More


The Kashmiri Hookah That Outlived Its Innocence

Srinagar, Sept. 26 -- By Dr. Akhtar Purvez The Kashmiri version of hookah, the jajeer sat in our house in Gotilpur like a fireplace in a farmhouse: simple, permanent and woven into the fabric of an e... Read More


What 168 Alpine Lakes in Kashmir Taught Me

Srinagar, Sept. 26 -- By Muhammed Omer The first walks were modest. After returning home from abroad in 2018, I began exploring the meadows and lower mountains around Sonawari. I walked around Mana... Read More


Can Kashmir Schools Move Beyond the Three-Hour Exam?

Srinagar, Sept. 26 -- By Dr. Mushtaq Rather A child can spend months learning, questioning, making mistakes and finding better ways to solve a problem, only to have that experience reduced to a few n... Read More


Why Is Stone So Expensive in Kashmir?

Srinagar, Sept. 26 -- By Farooq Ahmad Khan Kashmir has stone in abundance. It lies in the mountains, beside streams and beneath a landscape that has supplied building material for generations. Famil... Read More


The Loom Is Slowing in Kashmir

Srinagar, Sept. 26 -- By Mohammad Hanief A Kani shawl can take a craftsman months to finish, sometimes years, worked bobbin by bobbin on a loom that has changed little since the Mughal court first pr... Read More