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By Syed Eesar Mehdi The year I turned fourteen, winter arrived with the quietude of an old man breathing. In our village near Budgam, snow covered...
By Mohammad Amin Mir In Chanderhama, a sleepy village in Baramulla district, a group of farmers huddled under a walnut tree while a patwari stood...
By Syed Majid Gilani Sameer doesn’t like to talk about pain. He wears it like old wool: heavy, familiar, too close to be shed in public. The way...
By Nawaz Manzoor I grew up hearing Kashmiri at home. My grandparents spoke it with ease, their conversations laced with humour, old proverbs, and...
By Haziqa Lanker Aamir was 15 when his parents realized they might be doing more harm than good. He grew up in a remote village, a place where love...
By Aisha Hasnain “I am not prepared for anything for tomorrow’s paper. I need to hurry home,” said an uneasy Arsalan as he and his...
By Bilal Ahmad Khanday Not long ago, I sat in a modest living room in Ganderbal, shoulder to shoulder with elders, relatives, and a local cleric. We...
By Dr. Ashraf Zainabi The mess is everywhere. In cities like Srinagar and towns across Kashmir, waste piles up in drains, open fields, and...
By Mohsin Gulzar Kashmir has always spoken softly. In the rustle of chinar leaves. In the stillness of mountain air. And in the hush before the...
By Mohammad Hanief Kashmiri farmers were stuck. Low yields, erratic weather, and markets that paid little kept them poor despite fertile soil. Now,...
By Mahoor Haya Shah In the fanatic fall of 1947, as the subcontinent bled from its borders, Mahatma Gandhi stood before a restless Delhi and pointed...
By Tariq Misgar The bus is not merely a mode of transport in Kashmir. It is theatre, tension, poetry, and pure improvisation on wheels. Anything...
By Gowher Bhat In a modest home tucked into the village of Chewakalan in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, a soft-spoken young woman begins her...
By Mohammad Arfat Wani Exam season is more than just a period of study in Kashmir, as in many parts of South Asia. It becomes a storm that swallows...
By Sabreena Bhat That morning, the sky above Shopian was pale and hushed. Snow clung to rooftops and pear trees, blanketed the narrow path leading...
By Rayees Ahmad Kumar In the village of Berigam, tucked between the foothills of South Kashmir and the serene orchards, there’s a tomb that draws...
By Hirra Sultan I’ve spent too many Fridays listening to sermons that begin with paradise and end with guilt. The voice from the pulpit always...
By Malik Yaseen Across the valley, kids gather on dirt fields, their eyes set on the dream of making it big. But in the scramble for fame and...
By Faizan Fayaz I didn’t think law school would make me feel smaller. I walked in excited, maybe even a little smug, thinking I’d landed among...
By Mohammad Hanief In the region of rigorous academic adventures, children still leave home each morning with books in hand. They walk miles,...
By Danish Shafi Across orchards, workshops, and winding tourist trails, small businesses in Kashmir have kept the wheels turning through decades of...
By Dr. Muhammad Sameer Shafi Siddiqui The religious traditions and the sacred scriptures have throughout highlighted the importance of charity and...
By Dr. Javid Ahmad Mallah The air on campus carried the scent of pine and earth, sharpened by late autumn. From where I stood, the buildings of the...
By M.M. Shuja On a grey autumn morning in South Kashmir, Riyaz (name changed), a government schoolteacher, was taken into a local police station...
By Arshid Qalmi In Kashmir’s tuition-laden evenings, where streetlights blur into the glow of cram-school signboards, a quiet emergency is taking...
By Dr. Ashraf Zainabi I remember my grandfather standing by the brook for ablution, careful not to spit the rinse water back into the stream. Even...
By Javid Amin Imagine scrimping and saving to send your child to school, hoping they’ll learn, grow, and chase their dreams. Now picture that...
By Peer Mohammad Amir Qureshi Each year, when the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) releases Class 10 and 12 results, the Valley...
By Peerzada Mohsin Shafi On May Day, governments across India make lofty declarations about workers’ rights. But in Kashmir, the reality tells a...
By Dr. Waseem Ahmad In Kashmir’s fertile land, a man with no degree is growing something bigger than crops. He’s building a future. Every...
By Dr. Syed Eesar Mehdi Kashmir has always been more than a geopolitical flashpoint. It’s a living landscape of culture and resilience. This...
By Malik Daniyal Jammu & Kashmir’s economic outlook for 2024–25 looks optimistic on paper. With real GSDP projected to grow at 7.06%, and...
By Rimmi Vaghela I’m writing with a heavy heart from Jammu, where my plan of revisiting the paradise called Kashmir were shattered. Not by fear,...
By Wasim Khawaja Kashmir’s stunning landscapes and rich culture are well-known worldwide, but the region’s economic potential has often been...
By Arooj Bilal The terror attack in Pahalgam left the country mourning. Social media filled with hashtags: #justice, #pahalgamattack,...
By Ahsan Maqbool Donald Trump’s latest gaffe about Kashmir would almost be funny if the stakes weren’t so bloody. Speaking aboard Air Force...
By Mumtaz Khan It took a horrific tragedy — the attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 people — for Delhi to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty, one of...
By Ayaan Saroori Until the afternoon of 22 April, Pahalgam’s meadows buzzed with the laughter of tourists. By evening, they were stained with...
By Dr. Ashraf Zainabi In the shade of Charar-e-Sharief’s pine-covered hills, the Model Government Degree College grew steadily into one of...
By Syed Majid Gilani When I reflect on the people who shaped my early life, no one stands out more than my grandmother, Syeda Sakina Gilani. Amma,...
By Muneer Ahmed Gashi The violence that erupted in Pahalgam, Anantnag, has once again put Kashmir under the microscope of national and international...
By Dr. Fiaz Maqbool Fazili For years, I have wondered why Kashmir, often hailed as the “Switzerland of Asia,” has failed to live up to that...
By Ahmad Ayaz Kashmir won’t be remembered for bullets or bloodshed. It’ll be remembered for its people. People who choose dignity even in grief....
By Syed Mudasir Mushtaq Kashmir’s streams, rivers, and wetlands are essential to millions. But today, these natural water bodies are under threat....
By Mohammad Younus Bhat In Jammu and Kashmir, a region highly susceptible to climate extremes, the alarming mismatch between climate funding and...
By Ikkz Ikbal They came for the calm. For the smell of pine and the shimmer of Lidder’s waters. They came as tourists, carrying cameras, snacks,...
By Ikkz Ikbal For years, landing a government job in Kashmir was the ultimate goal. It was a sign of stability, respect, and lifelong security. One...
By Peerzada Aarif I recently walked through the forests of north Kashmir, places I’ve known and admired since childhood. But this time, something...
By Dr. Ashraf Zainabi The word “merit” used to mean something in the academic world. It stood for rigour, honesty, impact. But in Jammu and...
By Dr. Younis Ahmad Sheikh In a democratic society, knowing the health of our political life is just as vital as knowing the state of our physical...