Srinagar, June 24 -- In the soft morning light of Baharabad, my hometown in Sumbal Bandipora, the sound of looms used to echo through the narrow lanes. There was a time when almost every house hummed ... Read More
Srinagar, June 24 -- Each year, thousands of students across Kashmir graduate, hoping for a fresh start. After years of lectures, exams, and assignments, the degree finally comes. But instead of feel... Read More
Srinagar, June 23 -- When Muzeen Firdous was a boy, he fell from a height and broke his leg badly. It was the kind of injury that can easily shape a person's entire life. For years, he struggled to w... Read More
Srinagar, June 23 -- In recent years, an unreasonable and impractical preference for academic degrees in Kashmir has led to the systematic decline of hands-on professions. Occupations essential to th... Read More
Srinagar, June 23 -- In the long story of land reforms in India, Jammu and Kashmir once stood out. In 1976, the erstwhile state introduced the Agrarian Reforms Act, a bold law that promised to break t... Read More
Srinagar, June 23 -- I never thought I would see the day when a child would choose a screen over a storybook. But that day is here. It is in cafes and classrooms, in parks and living rooms. Wherever ... Read More
Srinagar, June 23 -- Is reading on the decline? The answer is in the affirmative, going by the opinion of academicians and experts. Several among them expressed apprehensions over the declining habit... Read More
Srinagar, June 21 -- No matter where you are, what you do, or who you're with - sometimes, nothing feels enough. You wait for something to happen. Something big. Or at least something that makes sense... Read More
Srinagar, June 21 -- In Kashmir, rice grew on more than rain. It followed unmarked paths, shared water, and the unspoken trust of neighbours-where memory guided what maps never showed. For centuries,... Read More
Srinagar, June 21 -- In Kashmir, physical education is no longer limited to dusty playgrounds or warm-up drills on frosty mornings. The subject that once meant stretching, team games, and laps around ... Read More