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Aliabad Sarai: Kashmir's Fading Mughal Marvel

Srinagar, Aug. 18 -- The Mughal Road winds through the Pir Panjal like a silver thread, cutting across jagged ridges and green valleys, carrying faint whispers of emperors, queens, and caravans that o... Read More


A Child in His Arms: The Image That Defined Kishtwar's Rescue

Srinagar, Aug. 18 -- Shahnawaz still remembers the weight of the child in his arms. The night was cold, the air smelled of mud and floodwater, and the cries around him mixed with the roar of the moun... Read More


The Weight of Silence in Kashmir's Reading Rooms

Srinagar, Aug. 18 -- On winter nights, the Allama Iqbal Library at Kashmir University glows like a lantern in the dark. Rows of students sit in silence under its fluorescent light, their eyes swollen... Read More


Kejriwal vs Omar: What First-Year Choices Reveal About Power

Srinagar, Aug. 18 -- The first year of a government often reveals its instinct, whether to deliver visible benefits that people feel immediately, or to focus on deeper reforms whose impact may unfold ... Read More


Can AI Shield Kashmir from Deadly Cloudbursts?

Srinagar, Aug. 18 -- The morning of August 14, 2025, in Chositi, Kishtwar, began like any other. Villagers prepared for the Machail Mata Yatra, pilgrims wandered the narrow mountain paths, and the sun... Read More


The Classroom Lost to Phones in Kashmir

Srinagar, Aug. 16 -- The other day, I visited a school in Srinagar with a friend during lunchtime. We stepped into the office, expecting the usual bustle. Every teacher I saw had a phone in hand, scro... Read More


Songs, Food, and Rituals: A Kashmiri Pandit Wedding in a Migrant Camp

Srinagar, Aug. 16 -- January 2024 arrived with its usual winter chill, but in my inbox, a wedding invitation glowed with colour. It came from Ravi, my young colleague, along with a call. His voice wa... Read More


The Battle Inside Young Kashmiri Minds

Srinagar, Aug. 16 -- Depression is often mistaken for sadness. People say it will pass, that it is just a phase, or that one should pray harder and push through. Yet depression is far more than that.... Read More


When the Kitchen Was the Heart of Kashmir

Srinagar, Aug. 15 -- I remember the sound before the smell. The crackle of wood in thedaan, the soft thud of logs settling, and the hiss when fresh meat hit a hot pot. My grandmother would be there,... Read More


The Hidden Strains Shaping Kashmir Today

Srinagar, Aug. 15 -- History rarely repeats itself, but it has a way of whispering the same warnings. Across Asia and Africa, old regimes left societies divided along lines of caste, religion, or reg... Read More