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Kashmir Needs Reconciliation More Than Rhetoric

Srinagar, June 29 -- By Farooq Ahmad Khan Thirty-six years have passed since Kashmiri Pandits left the valley in one of the darkest chapters of modern Kashmir's history. Arguments over why they fled... Read More


Kashmir's Azadari Lives Through Art

Srinagar, June 27 -- By Dr. Khairunnisa Aga I walked into the Darke Azadari-Mashq e Arbaeen exhibition in Srinagar expecting an art show. I walked out rethinking what mourning can mean. I expected p... Read More


Statistics Can't Explain Kashmir's Unemployment Crisis

Srinagar, June 27 -- By Zobiya Bhat Unemployment in Kashmir has acquired a language of percentages. Governments cite employment figures, opposition parties quote higher ones, economists publish surv... Read More


Why God Did Not Intervene at Karbala

Srinagar, June 25 -- By Iqbal Ahmad History remembers miracles. The Quran speaks of Moses parting the sea, of Abraham walking through fire that bloomed like flowers, of Jesus ascending to the heaven... Read More


Karbala's Legacy Lives in the Choices We Make

Srinagar, June 25 -- By Bilal Ahmad Khanday The story of Karbala is often told as a tragedy from the seventh century. It is remembered through tears, sermons, elegies, and historical accounts. Many ... Read More


Kashmir's Coaching Boom Is Changing the Meaning of Education

Srinagar, June 24 -- By Mohammad Ilyas Bhat Many years ago, a friend named Zahoor stood outside a CAT examination centre waiting for the gates to open. Students came in expensive cars, many dressed ... Read More


Inside Ladakh's Great Gathering

Srinagar, June 23 -- By Farah Zaidi Grey clouds hung low over Lamayuru when we reached the village. Rain moved through the mountains in brief spells, drifting over ridgelines before dissolving into t... Read More


Time to Crack Down on the Chemicals Hurting Kashmir Orchards

Srinagar, June 22 -- By Dr. Ishtiyaq Ahmad Shah Apple orchards form the economic foundation of rural Kashmir. Income from a successful harvest funds education, healthcare, housing, and household expe... Read More


How Civil War in the Early Muslim World Ended at Karbala

Srinagar, June 22 -- By Saqib Ali Mir The desert plain of Karbala lay under the harsh Iraqi sun when Husayn ibn Ali stood before an army that dwarfed his small caravan. Men who had travelled with hi... Read More


Kashmir's Cancer Challenge Calls for Stronger Food Monitoring

Srinagar, June 22 -- By Dr. Umer Majeed Khaja Cancer prevention rarely begins where most people imagine. It does not start in an oncology ward, a chemotherapy unit, or a screening camp. It starts mu... Read More