Inter-Community Relations

Harmony among valley based communities can become a reality only when everyone understands that pluralism and diversity are the most important assets of the Kashmiri identity – even more important than democracy and secularism in Kashmir. Bhushan says if we...

Disappearing Forests

Naveed points to a serious issue that is not only depriving Kashmir of its assets but also its future ecological balance (Mr. Naveed Qazi, 23, did his schooling from Burn Hall School and Tyndale Biscoe, and eventually graduated in Commerce from the University of...

Income Over Ethics

This is the case of financially well-off people to whom only wage earning brides will do Kashmir’s ‘Insecure’ Brides Sidrah Fatma (Rising Kashmir) Srinagar: Such is the importance of government jobs in Kashmir that when would be in laws of Uzma (name...

Kashmir in Washington

The glory of a 19th-century Kashmir Moon Shawl  The Fascinating Journey of a Kashmiri Shawl Nafeesa Syeed Washington: Three decades ago, a woman from the northeastern United States bought a bag of textiles at a yard sale of used goods that cost around $10....