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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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