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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


The Kashmir I Grew Up In Isn't on Instagram

Srinagar, May 31 -- I love Kashmir the way you love your childhood home. It's beautiful and familiar and messy, all at once. I grew up here, in a village where the walnut trees know your name and the... Read More


The Kashmiri Mother Who Wasn't Needed Anymore

Srinagar, May 30 -- In a small village of Kralapora, just as the frost begins to melt off the rooftops in early spring, a stirring story unfolded inside a modest home. It was the kind of story people ... Read More


Letters Never Sent: A Kashmiri Love Story Buried in Silence

Srinagar, May 30 -- BySyed Majid Gilani In the old part of the city, where narrow lanes twist like lifelines and stories linger in the air, Yousef and Sophia began their life together. They were firs... Read More


Big Fat Kashmiri Weddings Are Breaking Families

Srinagar, May 30 -- ByMehvish Nazir I still remember the smell of kahwa and the sound of laughter spilling out from a modest courtyard wedding in my grandmother's village. Neighbours cooked together.... Read More


Everyone's Raising Funds in Kashmir - But Who's Accountable?

Srinagar, May 29 -- Dear Mr. Omar Abdullah, More and more people in Kashmir have started asking for money online. Sometimes it's for a surgery, sometimes after a tragedy, and sometimes in the name of... Read More


How Three Kashmiri Teachers Became Legends in a Government School

Srinagar, May 29 -- I still remember that day at Higher Secondary School Salia in Anantnag. The students stood silently at first. Then one by one, their eyes welled up. Some were trying to hold back t... Read More