Yearly Archives: 2011
CONSIGNED TO MEMORY
A year gone by leaves us with the kaleidoscope of memories, and also threads of the times’ continuum. Year 2011 may not have been as eventful in the sense the… Read more
Letter From The Editor
I am pleased to bring our readers the third consecutive Year-End issue of Kashmir Life. Our theme this time identifies individuals and institutions that made exceptional contributions to the society… Read more
Eye On Wars And Life
He once struggled to buy a camera for himself, and today he is in the league of the world’s best photojournalists. Tasavur Mushtaq reports on Altaf Qadri’s remarkable journey of… Read more
2011: Year of Peace?
Unlike previous three years, this remained relatively peaceful. It was a year when major issues like the official acknowledgement of the existence of unmarked and mass graves and the debate… Read more
Meanings of The Collaborator
Sometime fiction tells a truth more comprehensively than elements of truth put together as anything else. Zamir Ahmed writes about The Collaborator, its author and his childhood friend Mirza Waheed… Read more
The Transformer
He always dreamed of having his own independent business. Today, Nisar Baba’s manufacturing unit has developed into an award-winning company with uncompromising quality. Shams Irfan reports. After graduating with a… Read more
Tsunami Software
A major disaster prompted a Kashmiri entrepreneur to involve himself in developing a unique software, one that aims to improve tsunami detection and management. Tasavur Mushtaq reports on a man… Read more
The Dead Meeting The Disappeared
For the families of the disappeared there can be nothing more cruel and inhuman than to be waiting for the missing one. Sameer Yasir looks at the tragedy through a… Read more
Long Live The Apple Cart
After years of crying hoarse over Kashmir’s failure on post-harvest front, the private sector has finally chipped in to alter the way we sold apple. Pioneered by FIL Industries and… Read more
A Mother’s Love
They are women who have taken up a unique role—caring for and nurturing orphaned children. Saima Bhat reports on two women, who hope their selfless acts of love, will help… Read more