Pervasive Harassment
Though a criminal offence with a punishment that can go up to three years of imprisonment, young women in Kashmir silently face harassment on...
Kashmir’s Ration Crisis
As the government adjusts the food policies in vogue by reducing the per capita ration eligibility, Kashmiri families are facing a food shortage. Now,...
Chasing Tuberculosis
TB prevalence is steadily declining in Kashmir but it still continues to be the most challenging asymptomatic crisis that people face. In almost 30...
Boar Wells
After decades of absence, wild boars have made a grand return to Kashmir and their herds are a key challenge for sustainable agriculture and...
Y20 In Kashmir University
Naseem Bagh, the impressive campus of the University of Kashmir hosted the 2-day Y20 event in which climate change was the focus amid downpours...
Mother Killers
Drug abuse is already an epidemic. Earlier the drug abusers used to die silent death by overdose. Now, the resource-deficit addicts have started turning...
Kashmir’s Disappearing Mesaharati
The digitized twenty-first century has bestowed almost everything upon the cell phone to the extent that it has replaced more than 50 things. While...
Making Kashmir Home
Trafficking women into Kashmir for marriages is an old story. What is new is that not every one of the women lives an unhappy...
March Maniacs
A chain of violent incidents within families and relationships dominated the first half of March. These crimes may have something to do with disturbed...
Kashmir’s Naqashi Printers
Even though modernity has overtaken the traditional arts associated with handicrafts, some specialities survived the onslaught. Mir Suneem reports the maze where a neglected...
The Kashmir Morels
Like carpets that Kashmir weaves but ill-affords for itself, the valley produces more than 25 tons of costly morels that sell at a cost...
The Reasi Lithium
The Geographical Survey of India (GSI) revelations that Reasi hills hold vast treasures of rare and expensive lithium have triggered hopes of a better...
Kashmir’s New Parties
With the political permutations and combinations continuously at play in Jammu and Kashmir since the last assembly elections in 2014, the region has witnessed...
Uninterrupted Migrations
Srinagar is expanding fast as hoards of rich, professionals and fortune hunters from Kashmir periphery are making Srinagar their home. Raashid Andrabi explains the...
Unfair Job Fairs
Jammu and Kashmir has one of the highest unemployment ratios in India. To overcome joblessness, the government initiated job fairs and invited a lot...
