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Kashmir Can't Afford to Sleepwalk Into Covid

Srinagar, June 3 -- Covid-19 never really left. We just stopped talking about it. Now it's back in the headlines, with numbers ticking upward again. Across India, there are 3,395 active cases. Kerala... Read More


When Cousins Become Strangers: The Emotional Fallout of Kashmiri Family Disputes

Srinagar, June 1 -- A wise Kashmiri elder once said, "Bache chu dilas likhmut har lafz." A child's heart records every word. And yet, too often, during our family feuds, children are absent. Not just ... Read More


From Kashmir With Care: The Village Healer Who Never Left

Srinagar, June 1 -- ByGowher Bhat Wahibugh is the kind of village where everyone knows each other. It sits in South Kashmir's Pulwama district, surrounded by orchards and green fields. Life moves slo... Read More


From Fields to Courts: How Kashmiri Land Turns into Legal Fire

Srinagar, June 1 -- Land means everything in Kashmir. It's family history, livelihood, and legacy wrapped into one. So when someone passes away, the question often is: who gets the land next? That an... Read More


Kashmir's Stillness Tells a Story

Srinagar, June 1 -- When the recent attack in Pahalgam made the news, everything changed in an instant. Tourists cancelled their trips. Hotels sat empty. Streets that usually buzzed with life fell sil... Read More


J&K's Urban Shift: How Smart Cities Are Reshaping Daily Life

Srinagar, June 1 -- Just before sunset, the Jhelum river in Srinagar looks almost still. Its banks, once strewn with broken tiles and dust, now carry a new calm. The walkway is clean. Lights glow gen... Read More


Summer Snowfall Brings Hardship to Kashmir Highlands

Srinagar, June 1 -- It was the kind of snow people talk about in old stories - sudden, silent, and deeply wrong. In the last week of May, just as shepherds began their annual journey to the upper pas... Read More


In Dr. Rafiq Masoodi's New Collection, Kashmiri Grief Finds Grace

Srinagar, June 1 -- It was a Thursday afternoon in Srinagar, but inside Tagore Hall, time moved at its own rhythm. Outside, the city held its breath under May's tender sun. Inside, verses floated thro... Read More


Why Kids in This Kashmiri School Don't Want to Go Home

Srinagar, May 31 -- ByMuntashir Kifayat Hussain When I first heard the government had started pre-primary classes in our schools, I was hopeful. But also worried. We've had big plans before. What we ... Read More


World No Tobacco Day Feels Hollow in Kashmir. Here's Why.

Srinagar, May 31 -- By Rayees Ahmad Kumar A breeze of late spring rustles through the main bazaar of Anantnag as a group of schoolboys gathers outside a shop. One of them, barely 15, lights a cigaret... Read More