Srinagar, Aug. 26 -- The family had fallen into debt and wanted to sell. Bashir weighed the pieces, deducted making charges, and quoted a figure. The husband objected: "But gold is at Rs.75,000 per 1... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 22 -- Today, those same plots fetch Rs 2 crore or more. Ahmad Nagar's 90-foot road, once a sleepy byway, now pulses with construction activity, shops, and new homes. For early investo... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 20 -- For a young Kashmiri stepping into the workforce, or a small entrepreneur trying to make sense of fluctuating markets, financial choices are urgent, practical, and deeply personal... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 16 -- Communities thrived because honesty was an everyday practice, and artisans created not just objects of beauty, but the very fabric of social harmony. The roots of this enduring t... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 14 -- In villages, milk was poured by the eye, not the scale. The measure was trust, not precision. Bakers slipped an extra loaf into the bag of a struggling family without calling atte... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 11 -- The trigger is the now-infamous "rotten meat scandal," in which sacks of decomposed mutton were seized from a cold storage in Srinagar. What might have been dismissed as a routin... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 8 -- A retired government employee, now living in Delhi, says it has become a magnet for uninvited attention. At first, the visitors were polite, presenting themselves as neighbours of... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 7 -- He borrowed Rs.8 lakh from a bank and another Rs.2 lakh by pawning the only gold left in the family. The flowers faded in two days, the band stopped playing by midnight, the guests... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 4 -- That protection doesn't exist in Kashmir. Nearly a decade after RERA was passed by Parliament to rein in India's notoriously chaotic real estate sector, Kashmir remains outside it... Read More
Srinagar, July 29 -- Salaries are spent within days. Loans are taken to meet ceremonial obligations. Credit cards ease momentary pressure but silently pile on future burdens. And when medical emergen... Read More