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Moul Mouj Health Corner

Q: I am 72 and feel dizzy whenever I stand up suddenly, especially on cold mornings. Why does this happen? A: This could be postural hypotension, a...

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Gk Health Desk

Wisdom in Our Elders’ Sayings

Our elders were more than the custodians of memory—they were the living libraries of wisdom, experience, and grace. Through them, the Kashmiri way...

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Manzoor Akash

Leadership & Inheritance

Allah [SwT] assigned to Syedena Ibrahim [A.S] the leadership of men making him virtually the Imam of human race as enshrined in Holy Quran [2:124]:...

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Gk Editorial Desk

Cold Touches the Lives and Health of Our Elders

These days, as the season changes and the mornings and evenings turn cold, my clinic starts to fill up with familiar faces, elderly patients...

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Greater Kashmir

Dr. Zubair Saleem

The Moral Heartbeat of Kashmir

Kashmir remembers. Its rivers remember the footsteps of poets, kings, and saints. Its mountains remember the whispers of love, loss, and courage....

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Khursheed Dar

The apple of our eyes

The valley of Kashmir lies tucked away in India’s northernmost edge, land ensconced between towering mountain ranges and crisscrossed by shimmering...

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Dawar Ashraf Mir

As he hangs the boots

In a valley where snow-capped peaks often overshadow the hum of stadium cheers, Parvez Rasool emerged as an unforeseen emblem of aspiration and...

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Younus Yousuf Ganie

The Tragedy of Great Power Politics

John J. Mearsheimer’s The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2001, 555 pp.) is a landmark work in international...

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Sabzar Ahmad Bhat

The journey of Garud

In a world where stories often celebrate the triumph of strength, this tale reminds us of the triumph of devotion, courage, and morality. It shows...

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Jannat Tramboo

FRANZ KAFKA: A Conscience Beyond Time

Franz Kafka, that strange and luminous figure of twentieth-century literature, continues to live in the imagination of humanity long after his...

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Dr Rafeeq Masoodi

Between two heartbeats

There is a rhythm beneath every life-the steady rise and fall of the heartbeat, marking time in its quiet certainty. Yet few of us pause to think...

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Muneeb Afzal Parrah

Promises and Paradoxes

The elected government of Jammu and Kashmir led by Omar Abdullah, voted to power hoping the fulfilment of several promises, has now completed one...

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Ayaan Saroori

Reverse Migration: Politics and Policies

During the recent visit of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to Australia, the Indian community had expected him to take up their concerns with the...

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Prof. Gull Mohammad Wani

Incentivise Rural Postings

The ideas expressed by the Health Minister related to the doctors working in rural settings are worthwhile. It is a common observation here that...

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Gk Editorial Desk

Snow revives tourism hope

Six months after the Pahalgam attack that overnight set back the otherwise thriving tourism, the Valley still finds itself struggling to regain the...

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Gk Editorial Desk

NGT again intervenes

For almost 10 years I have been constantly writing, and doing active work, around Municipal Solid Waste-MSW. Earlier this was a problem in Srinagar...

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Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat

Economic and Human Toll of Neglected Mental Health

Every morning, lakhs of IT workers put on their work faces—logging into video calls, answering emails, or rushing through commutes. Outwardly,...

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Ajit Ranade

Haunting Memory: Kashmir’s Broken Mirror

However deep the desire to erase the dreadful decade of the 1990s, its scars remain inscribed upon the historical conscience of Kashmir. It was a...

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Prof Ashok Kaul

Ask the Doctor

Q: I’m 23 and I’ve started catching persistent coughs and chest infections every approach of winter in Srinagar? A: In the Kashmir Valley, cooler...

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Gk Health Desk

Guarding the Sanctity of the Supreme Court

The recent incident in which an advocate hurled an object toward the Chief Justice of India inside the Supreme Court is not a mere act of...

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J.m. Junaid

Unspoken Demographic Shift

For decades, Kashmir has been viewed as a region where the family remains central to cultural identity, social cohesion, and economic stability....

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Dr Peer Muzamil Zahoor

Freight on Track

The scenic valleys of Kashmir have long mesmerized tourists and nurtured some of the finest horticultural produce in India. Yet, beneath the...

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Guest Contributor

Exams Ahead

The dates for Secondary and Senior Secondary exams in Kashmir divisions have been declared already, centres also allotted in case of 10th, and...

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Gk Editorial Desk

All about statehood

Last week was all about statehood for Jammu and Kashmir. Nothing new, except that the two sides reiterated their stands – it is right of the people...

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Arun Joshi

Swipe Now, Weep Later

There used to be a time when pride was not gauged in terms of smartphones, two wheelers or four wheels, but in terms of how soon you would pay back...

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Mirza Mohammad Idrees Ul Haq Beigh

Casting an undeserved shadow

Unlike most other medical consultations where attendants, family members, or guardians are present during discussions—the psychological...

20.10.2025 2

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Umair Ashraf

Politics and Predicaments of Omar Abdullah

Democracies rarely collapse overnight; they wither when the will of the people is replaced by the will of the powerful. Jammu and Kashmir today...

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Saqib P. Yetoo

The man who walks where roads end

When the night sky still holds its last stars, I spread my maps across the table — tracing unnamed valleys, forgotten ridgelines, and faint blue...

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Tani Khan

Learning as Festival!

Education is a tripolar process involving the learner, the parent, and the teacher. As Kashmir gears up for the final Summative Assessments, it is...

20.10.2025 1

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Iqra Shabir

Parental Pressure and Student Expectations

Parental pressure in today’s competitive age is one of the biggest emotional burdens borne by students. It affects their studies, self confidence...

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Mukhtar Ahmad Qureshi

Untold Story of Osteoporosis: When minor fall breaks a major bone

Background Osteoporosis (weak bones) is a disease wherein bones become weak and break easily resulting in fracture. People with osteoporosis are at...

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Dr Bashir Ahmad Laway

Restaging Brand Kashmir – Crisis to a Catalyst!

I was not born in Kashmir – I was born to it. My parents moved out in the early 70’s, but the Valley lived in our stories, our food and our...

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Viren Razdan

Return of Hindi to Russian Classrooms

Once again Russia is permitting the teaching of Hindi in its schools. This move is both culturally interesting and geopolitically significant. Our...

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Dr. Mehak Jonjua

Conserve 252-million-year-old Kashmir’s Triassic Fossil Park

The declaration of Guryal Ravine at Khanmoh area on Srinagar outskirts as Geological National Geoheritage site by Geological Survey of India has...

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Arif Shafi Wani

Elusive statehood

Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s latest assurance that Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood will be restored at an “appropriate time” has rekindled...

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Gk Editorial Desk