Reconstructing a Shaken Psyche

Zafar pitches for people who suffered from vagaries of nature and then became victims all over again(Mr. Zafar Iqbal, 32, was born in village Tarar, Rawalakot, in the Poonch district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. He did his early schooling in a private school,...

The Unavoidable Truth

Dr. Dabla presents timely information that is usually lost in the din to blame all crime to non-local offenders for political expediencyFrom Crime-Free to Crime-RiddenDr. Bashir Ahmad DablaIt is generally believed that the traditional Kashmiri society of 60 – 70 years...

Surviving a Paradigm Shift

Kashmir’s libraries have to offer more than new magazines and old books to pull in interested readersDeclining reading culture affects attendance at libraries in KashmirFarzana Syed (Kashmir Images)Srinagar: The public libraries in the Valley are witnessing a...

Higher Education is Good, but are late Marriages Bad?

Study indicates that Kashmir is following a global social phenomenon, but Kashmiri public sees politics in every societal changeHigher education cause of late marriages: KU studyAbid Bashir (Rising Kashmir)Srinagar: A new study of Kashmir University Monday revealed...

Interesting Numbers Related to Water Supply in Srinagar

Note that capacity of a water processing facility is expressed in units millions of gallons per day (MGD). A pump having a capacity of 1 MGD is capable of moving 1 million gallons of water during 24 hours (one day)Srinagar requires 62 MGD water against availability of...