Despite barred and abhorred, ‘Pheran’ returns with designer looks
Fresh looks and online campaign has put Pheran into some kind of a limelight in and outside the Valley.By Sadaf Shabir, Maskoora KhanWhat was...
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...
