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The Death of Drinking Water in a Water-Rich Land

Srinagar, Feb. 23 -- There was a time in Kashmir when thirst had direction. You did not open a tap. You walked to a spring. Every settlement had a naag, every orchard its channel, every path a place ... Read More


Rethinking Pahalgam Railway Without Disturbing Orchards!

Srinagar, Feb. 16 -- The Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the Khanabal-Baltal 2/4-laning road corridor already exits and it had been submitted to National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corp... Read More


How Kashmiri Netas Killed the Pahalgam Railway

Srinagar, Feb. 9 -- When the proposal for a railway line to Pahalgam was first floated, it did not initially trigger ecological alarm bells. Kashmir had lived through far worse assaults on its environ... Read More


13 Ways the J&K Government Pushes Kashmiri Shawlwallas to the Doorsteps

Srinagar, Feb. 2 -- Every winter, India's cities witness a quiet, unsettling ritual. A Kashmiri shawlwalla rings a doorbell, opens his bag on a stranger's sofa or compound, recites the language of her... Read More


Seasonal Departments of Kashmir

Srinagar, Jan. 26 -- Kashmir is perhaps the only place in India where entire government departments behave like seasonal shops - they open briefly when nature or crisis forces them to, and then quietl... Read More


Has Kashmir Lost Its Spiritual Spine to Noise?

Srinagar, Jan. 12 -- There was a time in Kashmir when spirituality did not announce itself. It did not need microphones, entourages, or a cheering gallery. It arrived quietly - often barefoot, often h... Read More


Is Ruhullah Mehdi Laying a Grandstanding Trap for the Public?

Srinagar, Jan. 5 -- An MP is not elected merely to comment on events. He is elected to shape outcomes. That requires drafting legislation, pushing policy amendments, building alliances across parties,... Read More


The Vella Twitter Birds of Kashmir

Srinagar, Dec. 29 -- Kashmir today is ruled less by governance and more by timelines. Its loudest politics unfolds not in secretariats, power stations or employment offices, but on Twitter/X - a space... Read More


Ah, This Opinionated Kashmir!

Srinagar, Dec. 22 -- Kashmir is intensely opinionated - about everything except itself. From Nitish Kumar's political manoeuvres to Gaza's ruins, from Israel - Palestine to faraway ideological battles... Read More


How Ordinary Kashmiris Pay the Price of What Kashmiri Politicians Shout Elsewhere!

Srinagar, Dec. 15 -- A Kashmiri student fears travelling by air, always apprehensive of being at an airport for "routine questioning." A young professional is asked - politely, but pointedly - where h... Read More