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Heart Attacks in Their 30s: A Generation at Risk in Kashmir

Srinagar, June 18 -- The discomfort started as a dull pressure under his ribs. Shakeel Ahmad, a 38-year-old schoolteacher from Baramulla, thought it was just indigestion. He kept teaching. The pain g... Read More


How a Kashmir Apple Farm Became a Viral Brand

Srinagar, June 17 -- Last harvest, in a narrow lane of Shopian's Sedow village, past rows of rusted tractors and crates piled high with fruit, 28-year-old Adil Nazir crouched beneath an apple tree wit... Read More


One Man's Mission to Marry Off Kashmir's Forgotten Daughters

Srinagar, June 17 -- Mohamad Ayoub leans back on a plastic chair outside his shop in Kazipura, a quintessential Kashmiri village in Budgam district. He watches the road as if waiting for someone, thou... Read More


'He Held Us Together':In Loving Memory of Agha Sajad Ali Qazalbash

Srinagar, June 17 -- It's hard to describe someone who felt like the heart of every room. But I have to try, even as my hands tremble and my throat tightens. Because when someone like Agha Sajad Ali ... Read More


The Persian Breath in Kashmiri Prayer

Srinagar, June 17 -- Kashmir lately remembered Ameer Kabir, the saint who crossed snow-clad mountains to cradle masses in the arms of faith. That beloved Persian priest brought to our vale not just I... Read More


Not Every Child in Kashmir Dreams in Equations

Srinagar, June 16 -- Rehana Ahanger once thought love meant correction. Her elder son, a shy boy with large eyes and a shrinking confidence, was struggling in school, particularly with math and scien... Read More


Microwaves, Maida, and a Missing Culture: What's Happening to Kashmiri Food?

Srinagar, June 16 -- In every Kashmiri home, food has always been more than just sustenance. It's memory, ritual, identity. Dishes like haakh, nadru yakhni, rista, and rogan josh were once prepared s... Read More


From Kerala to Kashmir: Food Safety Is India's Next Big Health Fight

Srinagar, June 15 -- Every year, about 600 million people get sick and 420,000 lose their lives from eating contaminated or adulterated food, with people in poorer countries hit hardest. These aren't... Read More


Distress Is Not Disobedience. Kashmir's Schools Must Wake Up.

Srinagar, June 15 -- ByKhurram Rasool There's always that one child in the classroom who doesn't sit still, who stares off, who says the wrong thing at the wrong time. The child teachers call a distr... Read More


The Joke's on Us: Kashmir's Cruel Turn Against Its Elders

Srinagar, June 14 -- June 15 is marked around the world as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. It's a day of reflection, not just about data or policy but about something much deeper. How we treat the pe... Read More