Srinagar, June 20 -- There was a time when the biggest fear in Kashmir was getting caught in crossfire. That fear hasn't vanished, but something else has crept in, something less visible, yet just as ... Read More
Srinagar, June 20 -- It was a blistering summer day in Pulwama. The sky was open and clear, and schoolchildren were filing into classrooms under tall walnut trees. Hania stood at the blackboard, white... Read More
Srinagar, June 20 -- The lump wasn't supposed to be there. A teacher found it while straightening Amina's collar in a Kupwara classroom. The nine-year-old didn't react. Her family hadn't noticed. But ... Read More
Srinagar, June 20 -- Past the switchbacks of Sonamarg, where the Nallah Sindh cuts through pine and pasture, lies Gund. This captive countryside looks peaceful with orchards, farms, and the hush of al... Read More
Srinagar, June 20 -- In the far south of Kashmir, where roads wind between poplar trees and school bells echo faintly across paddy fields, a college gathered for a farewell. The man at the center of ... Read More
Srinagar, June 20 -- On a Srinagar afternoon, a street vendor hands a customer a piping hot potato snacks, folded neatly in a piece of yesterday's newspaper. It's a scene repeated every day across Kas... Read More
Srinagar, June 19 -- From adolescence, young Kashmiris are conditioned to believe that success begins and ends with landing a government job. Whether it's as a clerk, constable, teacher, or civil ser... Read More
Srinagar, June 19 -- It doesn't start with a shrill anymore. It starts with silence. A boy rides his bike too fast down a lane in downtown Srinagar. A girl takes a pill she says helps her sleep. A st... Read More
Srinagar, June 19 -- One morning in Anantnag, a sanitation worker was sent down into a clogged sewer. He wore no safety gear. The rope tied around his waist snapped. He fell into the pit and lost cons... Read More
Srinagar, June 19 -- These young students, most of them from our Valley, had just gone through days of uncertainty in a foreign land. They should have been welcomed with care and comfort. Instead, the... Read More