Srinagar, Aug. 4 -- And this is our Smart City. Srinagar's Smart City project was launched with the promise of transformation. Glossy hoardings, bright LED signs, and manicured footpaths suggest a ci... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 4 -- Earlier this summer, outside SMHS Hospital in Srinagar, a carpenter waited in the shade with his wife. She rested on his shoulder as they stood in line for her prescriptions. Her ... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 3 -- An Iranian-American professor at Columbia University, he's known for his wide-ranging commentaries on cinema, Islam, revolution, and exile. His prose is lyrical, references layere... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 2 -- In the villages of Pulwama and Shopian, apples are a badge of pride and progress. Families have tended these orchards for generations. They know how to prune branches, read the sky... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 2 -- It began with a cup of tea in a college office. I had dropped by to meet a senior academic I've known for years. We were discussing plans to organize a lecture series, something s... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 2 -- We were literally a dirty dozen. In a college buzzing with bigger batches and celebrated courses, the twelve of us were tucked away in a corner. We were mechanical engineering stu... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 2 -- It was the first March after our wedding. Zarah and I had been married for six months. The world felt a little different already, as if colours had grown warmer and time had slowed... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 2 -- War and Peace rests on a shelf in a Srinagar study. The cover is plain, the title in flowing Nastalik script, almost too shy to call attention to itself. But what lies inside is s... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 1 -- On a hot summer morning in Banpora village of Pulwama, Shugufta Bashir bends down to check her tomato plants. Her hands are covered in soil, her eyes focused. A few years ago, she... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 1 -- For generations, the water flowed without asking in my hometown Mattan. You could lean over a rock, cup your hands, and drink what felt like liquid snow. But this summer, people w... Read More