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The Gentle work of staying connected

The Gentle work of staying connected

In an age defined by speed, ambition, and constant digital engagement, the quiet strength of human relationships often goes unnoticed. Yet,...

09.04.2026 20

Greater Kashmir

Guest Contributor

Fixing Public Amenities

Fixing Public Amenities

Across many towns and cities, the condition of public amenities has become a silent embarrassment. Anyone who has used public toilets in markets,...

09.04.2026 7

Greater Kashmir

Syed Afaq Ahmad

Kashmir’s Water Security Needs Recharging

Kashmir’s Water Security Needs Recharging

Expectations of high and sustained snowfall during the preceding winter season were largely unmet across the Kashmir region. The winter remained...

09.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Dr. Riyaz Ahmad Mir

A growing threat

A growing threat

Kashmir, often referred to as “Paradise on Earth,” is renowned for its breathtaking landscapes, serene environment, and pristine water bodies. Its...

09.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Guest Contributor

Together, let us empower our Nari Shakti !

In the coming days, India will be immersed in a festive season, with celebrations taking place across the length and breadth of the nation. The people...

09.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Narendra Modi

Fragile and Fraught

Fragile and Fraught

Amid deeply distressing war rhetoric that ‘whole civilization will die tonight’, the world woke up to an incredibly surprising announcement; a...

09.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Gk Editorial Desk

Ugly but unsurprising

Ugly but unsurprising

The spat between a Minister and a member in the legislative assembly was widely seen and disapproved as being a personal clash. Far from a random...

09.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Haseeb Drabu

Moul Mouj Health Corner

Moul Mouj Health Corner

Q: I am 70 and feel tired even without much work. Is this normal ageing? A: Mild fatigue can occur with age, but persistent tiredness may be due to...

08.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Gk Health Desk

Ageing should not mean silence

Growing old is not only about the physical body weakening. The mind and heart also have to deal with different kinds of challenges, which cannot be...

08.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Mohammad Arfat Wani

Respect for Parents in Old Age

Human life moves through many stages, and one of the most meaningful relationships along the way is that between parents and children. The Qur’an...

08.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Dr Showkat Rashid Wani

Heart Disease Starts Earlier In Men

There is growing evidence that heart disease begins much earlier in men than previously assumed. Recently, Fayaz A. Kaloo, our Editor-in-Chief, shared...

08.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Dr. Zubair Saleem

The rising tide of waste

During the ongoing budget session of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, senior Congress leader and MLA G.A. Mir raised a critical alarm...

08.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Guest Contributor

It didn’t end, it became me

It didn’t end, it became me

There is a peculiar silence that follows something meaningful. After the Cohort 1 KCF convocation, I found myself staring at my phone longer than...

08.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Guest Contributor

The Architecture of Silence

The Architecture of Silence

In Jammu and Kashmir, there is a particular kind of silence that settles at dusk. It is not peaceful; it is a suspended silence the kind that has...

08.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Malik Daniyal

Mounting Public Health Emergency

Despite abundance of knowledge about healthcare and regardless of too much hype about people becoming health conscious, the facts on the ground speak...

08.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Gk Editorial Desk

A war the world cannot afford

The latest threats from US president Donald Trump to obliterate Iran’s civilian infrastructure  show how dangerously close the world is moving...

07.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Gk Editorial Desk

From April 2025 to 2026

From April 2025 to 2026

It’s time for deep reflection for Jammu and Kashmir as we are passing through April, the month that proved cruellest for the region last year. The...

07.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Arun Joshi

The Points of Persia

Imagine, a man walks into a boxing ring, hits his opponent with everything he has, and then expresses genuine surprise when the opponent does not fall...

07.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Mohammad Tazeem

Why Global Residency Still Eludes Indians?

India is currently not positioned to become a world residency centre like Dubai is, and the figures support this. Dubai’s model has been derived...

07.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Dr. Neeraj A Sharma

The World We Take for Granted Was Designed

The World We Take for Granted Was Designed

Before the day has fully begun, a sequence is already under way. A screen lights up. Messages appear. Suggestions are offered. Information is arranged...

07.04.2026 10

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Er seerat shafi

The qualification paradox?

A recent remark by Jammu & Kashmir’s education minister Sakina Itoo has stirred an important, uncomfortable debate in Jammu and Kashmir’s...

07.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Obeida ashraf

When political critique turns personal

In every democracy, criticism of those in power is natural and necessary. Leadership must remain open to scrutiny because public accountability forms...

07.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Bharat Rawat

Parents as active partners

Parents as active partners

Learning activities start before children enter school and continue until they leave school. The educational process reaches its highest point through...

06.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Mukhtar Ahmad Qureshi

Are we teaching for tomorrow?

A student in our classroom in 2026 will enter into the real world in 2035. Rapid changes are transforming the world, technology is taking the centre...

06.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Ikkz Ikbal

Damage assessment of Sukhnag

Damage assessment of Sukhnag

Wednesday, March 18th 2026 was another important day for people of Beerwah, and me especially. An Expert Committee constituted by India’s top Green...

06.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat

Effectiveness of cybercrime deterrence

Effectiveness of cybercrime deterrence

Freezing of bank accounts has become a significant cyber security problem in modern India that has serious constitutional and legal concerns. This is...

06.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Mohammad aamir malik

Threat to school children

An open garbage dump, located within fifty meters of a famous school in Umar Colony, Srinagar, poses a serious environmental health risk. This health...

06.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Dr. labeeb farooq mir

The dying lagoon!

The dying lagoon!

It has been over a decade since the government declared the restoration of the Brari Nambal lagoon in Dal Lake a litmus test for the conservation of...

06.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Arif Shafi Wani

Cautious tourism revival

Cautious tourism revival

Kashmir’s tourism sector appears to be finding its feet again after the setback caused by the 2025 Pahalgam attack, but the recovery so far suggests...

06.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Gk Editorial Desk

From 2026 Assembly polls to LS polls 2029

From 2026 Assembly polls to LS polls 2029

Post 2014, since the advent of Narendra Modi phenomenn at the national stage, every single election, held ever since, has assumed a different...

05.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Anil Anand

A Governance and Climate Imperative

A Governance and Climate Imperative

The Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2026 effective from 1 April 2026, represent a transformative shift in environmental governance architecture in...

05.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Mutaharra A W Deva

Sentinels of ecological health

Sentinels of ecological health

World Sparrow Day is observed every year to raise awareness about the conservation of the House Sparrow (Passer domesticus), a small bird that has...

05.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Dr. Zubair Ahmad War

Not Just Theory Anymore

Not Just Theory Anymore

As a student of International Relations (IR), I often found myself turning to current events to make sense of every concept afresh. Balance of power....

05.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Syeda Afshana

Global alarm over social media addiction in children

Global alarm over social media addiction in children

Today, it is a common scene in perhaps the majority of households that a young child, who resists eating their food on time, mothers or parents hand...

05.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Surinder Singh Oberoi

A safety net redefined

A safety net redefined

Gratuity is an important social security benefit that rewards employees for long and continuous service. The Code on Social Security, 2020...

04.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Muneeb Rashid Malik

Erosion of foundational principle

Erosion of foundational principle

The Iran war, irrespective of the way it ends, will have a corrosive impact on the present world order in multiple ways. That order was put in place...

04.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Vivek Katju

The Hormuz problem?

The Hormuz problem?

The Strait of Hormuz was open to the world before the Iran war. Then came a conflict pushed into motion by the United States and Israel. In response,...

04.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Obeida ashraf

Policy Meets Reality: NEP 2020 and India’s School Infrastructure Crisis

New Delhi, Apr 03: In many government schools across India, classes still take place in overcrowded rooms, sometimes under open skies conditions far...

03.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Vaishali Sharma

Just a secondary option

The deep penetration of digital technology and mushroom growth of coaching centres have opened doors for students to explore alternate options....

03.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Dr Mushtaq Rather

Gulf unity crumbles

The Gulf Cooperation Council nations, which face the brunt of the Iranian war, areadopting differing positions on the, now a more than a month old...

03.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Guest Contributor

Liver screening must be routine in diabetes

A few days ago, a senior patient walked into my clinic. As part of routine assessment, I asked about appetite and any abdominal discomfort. He replied...

03.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Dr. Zubair Saleem

A Hollow System

Today everyone talks about unemployment. Yes, unemployment is a serious problem. But there is another truth that we do not openly discuss. Nowadays,...

03.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Ravinder Kaur

Projection: Hurt people, Hurt people

“Projection isn’t just a weapon—it’s a cage. It wounds those it’s aimed at and shackles those who wield it, trapping them in their own...

03.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Musaib Bilal

Justice without fear or favour

It is ordained that in dispensing justice, there should neither be fear not favour: “O ye who believe! Stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to...

03.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Gk Editorial Desk

Reflections on state and political culture in Iran

The war in West Asia has brought into focus not only the geopolitics and geoeconomics of the region but also the internal political dynamics of Iran....

03.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Prof Gull Mohammad Wani

Drug abuse and the fear it breeds

A few days ago, yet another young life, barely in his twenties, from a neighbouring village was lost to drugs. He was quietly laid to rest. For a...

02.04.2026 20

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Sajad Padder

All the knowledge in the world is not worth a child’s tears

There is a passage in Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov that has haunted moral philosophy for a century and a half. Ivan Karamazov turns to his...

02.04.2026 20

Greater Kashmir

Colonel Maqbool Shah

Reservation: Making it equitable and effective

Reservation has been an important instrument of social justice in India since independence. It was introduced to address historical inequalities and...

02.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Jasvinder singh

The Himalayan Crisis

Finally government admits the looming threat; five glacial lakes are at high GLOF risk. It means that any time a catastrophic outburst floods can...

02.04.2026 20

Greater Kashmir

Gk Editorial Desk

Islam in post-Soviet Central Asia

The atheistic rule of the Soviet Union over Central Asia came to an end in 1991, giving rise to five independent Central Asian republics, Uzbekistan,...

02.04.2026 10

Greater Kashmir

Prof. mushtaq kaw