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Numan Is Gone. Are Kashmir's Schools Safe for Sensitive Kids?

Srinagar, May 29 -- He lived with his deaf father and older siblings. His mother was no longer around. He studied at Kashmir Harvard Educational Institute, one of the prominent private schools in the ... Read More


Kashmir Needs to Stop Treating Morality Like an Old Idea

Srinagar, May 29 -- It's not something we talk about much, but most people feel it. Something has shifted in the way we live together in Kashmir. The warmth in relationships, the sense of right and w... Read More


UN Sounds Climate Alarm

Srinagar, May 29 -- The 1.5degC threshold, set in the 2015 Paris Agreement as an ambitious upper limit to avoid climate consequences, now seems increasingly unattainable. Last two years have already b... Read More


Respect Doesn't Come Easy in Kashmir - Especially If You're Poor

Srinagar, May 28 -- They work hard. Yet they earn too little. Rent, food, school fees, medical bills-everything costs more than it should. And when income doesn't stretch far enough, stress becomes a... Read More


Kashmir Wants to Go Organic Like Sikkim. But Who's Listening?

Srinagar, May 28 -- The sun was still climbing over the ridges of Gurez when I stepped onto a potato field, soft with dew and dark with life. A farmer knelt beside me, his fingers moving through the s... Read More


'Each Daughter Had a Tree': The Kashmir We're Losing

Srinagar, May 28 -- I had only gone to fetch milk. A short walk to the next village, nothing dramatic. I pushed open the gate to come back, and there it was: noise, laughter, that unmistakable joy tha... Read More


What Eid ul-Adha Teaches Us in Kashmir

Srinagar, May 28 -- In Kashmir, Eid ul-Adha begins long before the prayer. You see it in the crowded markets, where people bargain over animals and children pull their parents toward sweet shops. Tail... Read More


The Cool New Way Kashmiris Are Keeping Their Language Alive

Srinagar, May 28 -- You don't need to walk through a university gate or open a dusty grammar book to see where language really lives. It's there in the chatter of school kids switching between Kashmir... Read More


Why Kashmir's Property Market Is Heading for the Hills

Srinagar, May 28 -- Residential property in these areas isn't growing the way it used to. Over the last two or three years, prices have barely moved. Meanwhile, if you step into the mountain air of pl... Read More


Eight Staff Members Of Paras Hospital Suspended Over Alleged Medical Negligence

Srinagar, May 28 -- The suspended personnel include senior surgeons, anesthetists, an operation theatre technician, ICU in-charge, and nursing staff. The CMO's directive prohibits all of them from con... Read More