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Ali Emran and the Rise of a New Kashmiri Cinema

Srinagar, July 28 -- In a modest Srinagar neighborhood not far from the bustle of Lal Chowk, a Kashmiri filmmaker is building a cinematic universe. Ali Emran, 42, doesn't chase fame. He seeks somethi... Read More


How Kashmiris Are Building a Support System in Mumbai

Srinagar, July 28 -- Earlier this year, a Kashmiri family stepped onto a crowded platform at Mumbai's Dadar station. They had come with a toddler in their arms and a medical file in their bag. The cit... Read More


Nature, Nomads, and No Network: Inside Dagan Top's Wild Magic

Srinagar, July 26 -- There are no road signs for Dagan Top. No ticket counters, souvenir shops, or well-lit trails. To reach it, you leave behind Doda town in Jammu and Kashmir and head toward Thathr... Read More


Kashmir Taught Me Friendship Before It Taught Me Ambition

Srinagar, July 26 -- As a child, before I could answer what I wanted to become, I discovered something even more precious: the joy of true companionship. That discovery began in a school corridor in K... Read More


Kashmir's Parizaads: The Children Who Dreamed Alone

Srinagar, July 26 -- A TV serial rarely changes how a society sees itself. But Parizaad did. It told the story of a boy who was dark-skinned, poor, and poetic. He was mocked by neighbours, dismissed ... Read More


How Generations in Kashmir Built Love Without Language

Srinagar, July 26 -- On a summer morning in Vailoo, South Kashmir, the valley blazes awake in gold and green. Apricot trees drip with fruit, their shadows sharp on sun-cracked walls. From tin rooftops... Read More


Smoke Over Eden:Kashmir's House of Faith Is Crumbling

Srinagar, July 26 -- There's the Kashmir we see in pictures: green valleys, snowy peaks, and calm lakes. Then there's the Kashmir people carry inside them today, one that feels tired, broken, and lost... Read More


Only Two Trains, and a Valley Full of Passengers

Srinagar, July 25 -- When Danish Habib lately stepped off the plane in Jammu, his heart beat with something more than homecoming. After two long years working in Saudi Arabia, he had returned to Kash... Read More


As Climate Shifts, Kashmir's Water Mills Veer Off Course

Srinagar, July 25 -- In the village of Rafiabad, near the lower slopes of north Kashmir, mornings once began with the sound of water meeting wood. It was not a roar or rush, but a reliable creak, the ... Read More


What the SMHS Strike Reveals About Trust in Kashmir

Srinagar, July 25 -- At SMHS Hospital in Srinagar, clinical care gave way to institutional collapse. What should have remained an internal strike spiraled into a public confrontation, exposing the fra... Read More