Srinagar, Aug. 20 -- In the winter of 2011, when my mother's blood sugar kept rising despite months of treatment, we were desperate. She had been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, and like many Kashmiri... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 19 -- The Chenab Valley comes into sight only when the skies break open. A sudden cloudburst carries away homes, or a landslide swallows a road. In those hours of disaster, cameras arr... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 19 -- Science usually means medicine or engineering in Kashmir classrooms. Students speak of NEET and JEE with practiced ease. But mention research in physics or climate, and silence ta... Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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