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The Struggle For Quality Healthcare In Ladakh’s Harsh Reality

While health workers walk barefoot in snow to immunise children, national quality benchmarks often ignore the realities of frozen infrastructure and isolation. Adaptation, not...

The Aravallis: India’s 3.2-Billion-Year-Old Lifeline At A Crossroads

The Aravallis are the breath of life for every Indian. Older than the Himalayas, this range blocks deserts, recharges water, and hosts prehistoric sites....

Confronting Our Collective Fear Of Ageing

The wish to die young reveals a dread of dependence and irrelevance. The solution lies not in escaping life, but in reshaping how we...

The Deepfake Dilemma: Can India’s Evolving Legal Shield Protect Digital Privacy?

As cybercrime units grapple with AI-facilitated harassment, experts call for specific offences, better forensics, and stricter platform accountability to protect victims Hadi Mushtaq Dar As India...

A Cultural Crisis In The Age Of Viral Fame

We are applauding the jokers, and raising a generation on noise, not knowledge Waseem Akhter Dar In the age of social media, fame no longer follows...

Integrating Gender And Child Budgeting Into Gram Panchayat Development Plans

Reflections from a Capacity Building Programme at IMPARD Khan Sameer Gender and child budgeting are essential instruments for inclusive and equitable decentralised governance. This article draws...

Food And Diabetes In Kashmir: A Story Of Science, Culture, And Hope

In every Kashmiri kitchen lies both the cause and the cure for diabetes. A mindful cooking and traditional ingredients can protect our health better...

Student Special – Year 2026: A New Phase Of My Life

‘Living with faith in a noisy world’ Mudabira Javid The year 2026 marks the beginning of a new phase in my life—a phase of deep reflection...

A 15-Point Plan To Overhaul Jammu & Kashmir’s Fight Against Drugs

Enforcement alone is failing. A new governance model—integrating forensic science, community care, and real-time intelligence—is urgently needed to stem the drug crisis. This article...

What Is A Zero FIR? The Victim-Centric Reform Gaining Strength Under New Laws

Designed to eliminate jurisdictional delays, this legal tool mandates police to register complaints anywhere. Here’s how it works and why its implementation is critical. Adv...

To Inherit A World: Entering The Human Conversation

In an age of fragmentation, the cumulative insights of philosophers, scientists, poets, and mystics offer a discipline of attentiveness—a path to think carefully, act...

A Month In Malaysia’s Intellectual Oasis

It was a transformative academic visit, where lectures from Kashmir to Indonesia were woven into the vibrant, caring fabric of institutions like ISTAC Prof Hamid...

The Decline In Embodying The Prophetic (PBUH) Way Of Life

Existence is inherently teleological. Creation is neither accidental nor tumultuous; human life, therefore, carries purpose, responsibility, and meaning. Rayeesul Islam Within the Qur’anic metaphysical paradigm, existence...

Kashmir’s Winter Economy Finds A New Anchor In New Year Tourism

The rise of event-based travel around New Year's marks a fundamental shift from climate-dependent tourism, creating a high-value ‘festive peak’ within the winter calendar Sumaya...

Student Special: Great Learning Needs Proper Planning And Management

Imad Khursheed Learning is one of the most important activities in a student’s life. It shapes our knowledge, skills, character, and future success. However,...

MGNREGA Is More Than A Name. It Is A Right.

The new VB-G RAM G bill shifts costs to states, centralises control, and weakens the job guarantee. The result may be fewer workdays, not...

The Enduring Legacy Of Mirwaiz Moulana Muhammad Sultan Shah

A teacher, Imam, and epitome of piety who taught hundreds and led prayers for decades, leaving a legacy of humility, knowledge, and unwavering principle. Zeeshan...

We Are Not Cutting Trees, We Are Cutting Hope

For farming families, trees are raised, not grown. They pay fees, arrange marriages, and hold futures. Now, seven lakh of these lives are slated...

Facing The Snow Deficit: Can Kashmir Build Water Resilience?

As the Hindu Kush Himalaya records successive years of low snow persistence, the delayed impacts—shrinking springs, stressed orchards, and uncertain hydropower—threaten the valley's water...

Warwan: A Heaven With Conditions

Life here is profoundly beautiful and profoundly precarious. The coming change will test whether modernity can practice ethical restraint. Uzair Qadri Whenever I hear the word...

Building Emotionally Supportive Classrooms For Every Learner

For students with diverse needs, feeling valued is as crucial as academic access. How can education systems worldwide bridge this gap? Dr Reyaz Ahmad In...

Entering 2026, Kashmir Hopes For Steadiness, Not Spectacle

In Kashmir, the News Year begins not with celebration, but with anticipation. The emptiness of snowless peaks echoes a year of lingering doubt. For...

What Endures When The Year Turns?

As 2025 fades into memory, we are left not with titles or tasks, but with the lasting imprint of character and kindness Dr Aasif Ahmad As...

Things End. That’s Nature’s Way.

Ten years after leaving school crying, another chapter closes. With lots of memories and moments, we bid our BA LLB journey farewell. Raqif Makhdoomi Things begin...

Let’s Reclaim The True Meaning of ‘New Year’

Does changing a digit rewrite our story? True renewal lies in self-accountability, good deeds, and breaking from ‘animal-like’ routines. Sheikh Bilal Happy New Year! As the...

My 2026 Intention: To Breathe, Finally

Why our generation struggles to just be happy Shafiya Showkat Wani Life starts to make more sense when we stop expecting it to be whole. Life...

Students As Present-Day Architects Of Society

Curiosity, empathy, and digital responsibility make students the true ‘driving force’ of societal progress Kaneez Fatima The future of society does not suddenly appear one day;...

Why The Debate On God Can’t Be Won By Logic Alone

Reflecting on the Mufti Shamail Nadwi-Javed Akhtar exchange, this article calls for philosophical literacy, epistemic humility, and remembering that da‘wah aims for guidance, not...

Whispers In The Darkness

And within those haunting echoes, the truth whispered back By Farhat Jabeen The air was crisp in the hush of dawn, and the sky still carried...

Cultivating Inner Safety: The Mindful Healing Of Kashmir’s Next Generation

The essay argues that mindfulness, resonating with local spiritual traditions, offers a low-cost, scalable path to emotional regulation, self-compassion, and academic focus for burdened...

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