Naya Kashmir

There’s Always a Choice Sajad Hussain, 48 yrs old resident of Kupwara is the Sarpanch of his village and a respected man. It wasn’t the same 30 yrs ago, he…

DON’T POISON YOUNG MINDS A perplexed Faiz ran towards the adjoining mohalla to look for his wife. Yes….she was there…..and she had created a scene. People were trying to stop…

IS AZADI A FANTASY OR FALLACY OR JUST A GLAMOUR FOR KASHMIRI YOUTH We were sitting in a stadium in North Kashmir as the boys from nearby villages were  playing…

AZADI Javed stared at his photo on the cracked screen of his weathered mobile phone. Twinkle in the eyes, index finger pointing upwards and an AK-47 in the left hand.…

THE NEW KASHMIR – AN INSIGHT BY A COMMON KASHMIRI “Kashmir! Are you going to Kashmir”, asked my mom when I told her my plans to visit the Valley of…

Our Heroes Who are our Heroes? Who do we want to follow as our role models? By birth, a Kashmiri and after spending a long time in different parts of…

HAMARA DESH, HAMARA TIRANGA Alongside the banks of Mawar river, Khurshid Dar owned a beautiful, small house. He had a understanding and beautiful wife and was blessed with two young…

FLAG OF OUR FATHERS The exhilaration was palpable….the goose bumps almost visible…..as this excited group of tourists talks to media on the shores of the beautiful Dal Lake. “I came…

NAYA KASHMIR As I walked down the road, fresh breeze whistling part my ears, I looked at Asmat, her eyes were lit up. She clenched my hand more firmly and…

INSANIYAT, JAMHURIYAT, KASHMIRIYAT Throughout history, phenomenal social changes have always been effectuated through vision and the need for change. Whether it is the ushering of peace through the Magna Carta…