The Healing Touch

Pervez provides a close-up view of the great Janam Ashtami festival at the Khir Bhawani, Tulmulla where throngs of internally displaced Kashmir Pandits reacquaint themselves with resident Muslims (Mr. Pervez Majeed Lone, 35, was born in Ashpora, a hamlet located in...

Corruption in J&K Transport Department is Also Fatal

Corruption is more than pocketing money and breaking laws. When licenses are bought by unqualified drivers, it results in a mayhem Driving Licences on Sale Mudasir Tariq (Kashmir Monitor) It is no secret that road accidents today are the biggest source on unnatural...

Tourism, Kashmiri Style

Tourists put to great inconvenience as no one worries about logistics of endearing hospitality Srinagar Out of Rooms, Visitors Sleeping in Vehicles Mudasir Tariq Lone (Kashmir Monitor)  Srinagar: As the valley is witnessing a huge tourist inflow, the hotels...

Disappearing Forests

Zeenat says it is business as usual for the timber smuggling mafia (Ms. Zeenat Zeeshan Fazil, 27, was born in Srinagar, Kashmir. She did her schooling from King George (Mumbai) and later Cambridge (New Delhi), and received her Masters degree in English Literature from...

Where Dogs Rule

As hapless infants continue to die, dogs enjoy superior healthcare Govt ‘Celebrates’ Zero Mortality Of Sterilized Canines M. Hyderi (Greater Kashmir) Srinagar: At a time when the state government has failed to ensure the well being of hospitalized infants at Valley’s...