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Women Sufis of Kashmir

 In ‘Peer-i-Vaer’ called Kashmir, Sufi women and their spiritual prowess have largely stayed as unsung legends.By Syed Rooh FatimaKashmir is the only region in...

Ghazalesque: Agha Shahid Ali

By Amardeep Singh  Agha Shahid Ali, as I understand it, better known in the U.S. (as an...

The lady with the lamp

Meet a doctor from Kashmir, whose healing profession has transformed into the charitable cause, thus making her an inspiration for the community...

Smuggled Innocence?

A scribe’s perusal of an uncanny bonhomie in a Budgam borough ended up unearthing a bizarre case of a trafficked childhood.By Sadaf ShabirIn a...

Captured cop’s curious case

An i-10 car intercepted by a bunch of tipped-off cops in Kulgam’s Mir bazaar threw up a major surprise for all and sundry on...

Meet Kashmir’s first organic henna artist

Coming from a middle-class family of Baghat Barzulla, Srinagar, an electronics and communication graduate from Kashmir University has taken up a creative pursuit to...

The day phone rang

At the fag-end of last year, as the postpaid mobile phones finally started ringing in the valley, overwhelming scenes ensued. The blockade had instilled...

The unbridled horse of pre-schooling in Kashmir

Preparatory schools as an offshoot of the privatization of education in Kashmir Valley are intermittently drawing bad press for being the ‘clueless cradles’ run...

Shades Of Arctic Kashmir

Veteran visualists—like celebrated lensmen—would say, while explaining the significance of reflections, shadows and shades in life, “They make the picture perfect.” Driven by the...

Movers and Shakers of Kashmir’s Export Economy

Spoken much lately for its ‘need for economic growth’ revamp, Jammu and Kashmir is apparently facing dispiritedness on its export economy front. Amid the...