A Modern Kashmiri Tragedy

Fayaz highlights a “silent social phenomena” that haunts every Kashmiri family with growing children(Mr. Fayaz Ahmad Bhat, 30, was born in Awantipora, Pulwama District. He did his schooling from the Mantaqui Memorial High School, Awantipora, and his...

Samad Sheikh’s Lament

An old timer confronts winter with a feeling of lossKashmir’s Grandpas Miss Winter’s Icicles, StorytellersSrinagar: ‘Snow is all right, but, my dear, where are the icicles?’ asked a bewildered Samad Sheikh, 75, who lives in a hamlet here in...

Kashmir University Moves into Digital Age

Best wishes to Prof. Riyaz Rufai, head librarian of the University of Kashmir, as the project directorDigitisation of Books to Start Soon in KashmirSrinagar: In a bid to upgrade Jammu and Kashmir libraries, University of Kashmir will soon start digitising eight...

Educating out of Kashmir

Suhail sees a dead end for educated youth in so far as Kashmir’s job market is concerned(Mr. Suhail Ahmad, 27, was born in Srinagar. He did his Bachelor’s degree from Sri Pratap College, Srinagar, and completed both his Master’s and M. Phil degrees...

The Other Side is Equally Worse

Zafar dissects the corrupt governance on the western side of the LOC(Mr. Zafar Iqbal, 33, was born in village Tarar, Rawalakot, in the Poonch district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. He did his early schooling in a private school, matriculating through examinations...