Srinagar, Sept. 5 -- Today, his wisdom feels more urgent than ever. The medieval monarch saw the Jhelum for what it was: life and danger flowing in the same vein. In fifteenth-century Kashmir, the r... Read More
Srinagar, Sept. 4 -- They watched the river swell with snowmelt each spring and spill over its banks. And instead of trying to resist, they gave it room. Floodplains were left untouched. Swamps and m... Read More
Srinagar, Sept. 1 -- These doubts are born out of a culture where saving has long been favored over investing. The fixed deposit in a bank still feels safer than the stock market. Yet there is an iro... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 26 -- The family had fallen into debt and wanted to sell. Bashir weighed the pieces, deducted making charges, and quoted a figure. The husband objected: "But gold is at Rs.75,000 per 1... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 22 -- Today, those same plots fetch Rs 2 crore or more. Ahmad Nagar's 90-foot road, once a sleepy byway, now pulses with construction activity, shops, and new homes. For early investo... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 20 -- For a young Kashmiri stepping into the workforce, or a small entrepreneur trying to make sense of fluctuating markets, financial choices are urgent, practical, and deeply personal... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 16 -- Communities thrived because honesty was an everyday practice, and artisans created not just objects of beauty, but the very fabric of social harmony. The roots of this enduring t... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 14 -- In villages, milk was poured by the eye, not the scale. The measure was trust, not precision. Bakers slipped an extra loaf into the bag of a struggling family without calling atte... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 11 -- The trigger is the now-infamous "rotten meat scandal," in which sacks of decomposed mutton were seized from a cold storage in Srinagar. What might have been dismissed as a routin... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 8 -- A retired government employee, now living in Delhi, says it has become a magnet for uninvited attention. At first, the visitors were polite, presenting themselves as neighbours of... Read More