CHANGING MINDS : THE STORY OF KASHMIR
CHANGING MINDS : THE STORY OF KASHMIR The youth of Kashmir have been amongst the most affected lot since the beginning of Pakistan sponsored militancy in late 1980`s.The valley has…
CHANGING MINDS : THE STORY OF KASHMIR The youth of Kashmir have been amongst the most affected lot since the beginning of Pakistan sponsored militancy in late 1980`s.The valley has…
WHY CAN’T I EAT A BURGER AT NIGHT Nargis was not the only one with moist eyes when the tourist bus entered the Valley. She knew that this was the…
SEPERATED SIBLINGS Abdul Mohd Dar, resident of Lolab turned 54 last month. He fondly remembers his school teacher Moti Lal Bhatt while pointing towards the dilapidated house of the latter.…
SNIPPET OF HISTORY AND LOCAL OR MILITARY HEROES IN J&K SINCE 1947-48 Introduction. The Indo-Pakistan war started soon after the partition of both the countries. It was a poor…
MUGHAL ROAD AND SHOPIAN: A HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE History of Shopian. Shopian derives its name from a distortion of word shah-payan, i.e. “Royal Stay”. According to local people the Shopian was…
THE SHADES OF AZADI The values and ethos promoted and protected by a nation for its citizens is reflective of the ideals enshrined within. This begs for a pertinent enquiry…
WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY Our father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi as said “There is enough for everybody’s need and not for everyone’s greed”. The statement means that mother nature has…
COVID POLITICS As always, clerics of Pakistan are busy misguiding people about everything including COVID vaccine. Some examples of their bizarre claims are - ‘COVID vaccine will turn people into…
GUJJARS & BAKARWALS OF KASHMIR I had read somewhere that “a story is decorous when the audience listens to it with care.” However, in Kashmir there are some tales which…
CHANGING TRENDS: NEW AGE FOLK-SINGERS In this modern era, where people are moving towards Westernisation, there are few individuals who not only have modernised their cultural heritage but are in-sync…