Srinagar, July 11 -- The boy from Pampore was just a youngster. He had walked into a private hospital in Srinagar for what should have been a routine treatment. He didn't walk out. By the time his fa... Read More
Srinagar, July 11 -- There's a moment on the way to Margan Valley when the noise of the world falls away. You climb above the treeline, above the last signs of habitation, and suddenly the horizon ope... Read More
Srinagar, July 11 -- The idea, we're told, is simple: start early to escape the day's scorching heat. But the reality on the ground is far from simple. It's disorienting, disruptive, and deeply unfai... Read More
Srinagar, July 11 -- For years, Kashmiri children lived with a kind of silence the rest of the country rarely understood. Schools were shut down by situation, and classrooms replaced by uncertainty. ... Read More
Srinagar, July 11 -- Forests are disappearing beneath concrete, classrooms are packed beyond capacity, and unemployed youth are losing hope. Population pressure is no longer a distant concern in Kashm... Read More
Srinagar, July 11 -- As I stepped out of my home in Rawalpora and made my way along the old airport road through the narrow lanes of Srinagar, something stirred deep within me. It wasn't just another... Read More
Srinagar, July 10 -- When the call came, Owais Ahmad Bhat was sitting with a textbook open on his lap. It was about cell biology, part of his preparation for a medical entrance exam. His father had c... Read More
Srinagar, July 10 -- The sun was already high that June morning, its heat thick and suffocating. I sat in my old Alto 800, engine off, sweat beading on my skin, clothes sticking to me. Outside the ga... Read More
Srinagar, July 10 -- Dr. Ashraf Zainabi's searing commentary in Kashmir Observer is both timely and essential. His article doesn't merely raise a red flag. It waves a red banner over a crisis we've no... Read More
Srinagar, July 9 -- On a prized stretch of land near Lal Chowk, stands a locked, underlit structure that was once the city's pride. When it was inaugurated in 2010, Sangermaal was billed as the future... Read More