Photojournalism is a serious form of storytelling that has an immediate as well as lasting impact on the ground situation. A frame can shake or break the chain of events or even trigger a reaction. Kashmir is extremely fortunate to have amazing photo professionals who have been documenting our lives tirelessly through their lens, generation […]
In India there is a criminal code that is equally applicable to all, irrespective of religion, caste, domicile, etc. However, a similar code for civil matters does not exist and people are governed by personal laws. These personal laws vary in their philosophy, roots, and application. There are different laws governing rights relating to property, […]
Dr Ashraf Shah Kashmiri The Sri Pratap (SP) College in Srinagar was established in 1905 by Annie Besant. Professor Prof Muree, an Irish educationist, was the first principle of the college. This was a time when the majority of the population of Jammu & Kashmir state was illiterate. Literacy rate in the state was merely […]
Sahil Bashir Tosa Maidan is a high-altitude landscape of undulating meadows and is made of three prominent meadows: Pathra, Guttemarg and Badshamarg. It is nestled in the Pir Panjal mountains in district Budgam. The forests of Tosamaidan range have been facing extensive destruction due to rapid urbanisation, illegal logging, illicit construction, and human greed. The […]
MUGEES UL KAISAR The splendour of science and scientific achievements has cast its spell on modern civilisation, penetrating its way deep into the mind. The achievements of science cannot be belittled or negated but the glamour associated with it has gradually developed into Scientism, which is problematic. Captivated by the speedy and substantial progress of […]
Dr. Tasneem Mubarak Agriculture technologies are production and quality centric. We have a number of technologies for production to meet present and future demand. However, farming broadly has two aspects: technology and economics. With technologies we are fine but there are many problems with economics. The right cost of inputs and price of output is […]
Mudasir Ali To the Directorate of Distance Education, We the students of B.Ed distance education batch of 2018 have been pursuing this course for the last two years. Due to incessant lockdowns in Kashmir since last year when there was abrogation of Article-370 and now this year due to Covid-19, our academic institutions have kept […]
On August 4, hours before a massive explosion rocked the Lebanese capital, Beirut, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued an ominous warning to Lebanon. “We hit a cell and now we hit the dispatchers. I suggest to all of them, including Hezbollah, to consider this,” Netanyahu said during an official tour of a military facility […]
Umaer Manzoor We all can see and foresee the vanishing of our Kashmiri language and culture. We all have been brought up in an imported language and way of life. Our parents wished for our fluency in English and Urdu languages. They gave no importance to our own culture. As we grew up, many other […]
Umar Afzal Dar Live by design, not by default. Do not make your mind a dumping ground for someone else’s trash. Life goes on! Be it up or be it down. People break records, others break themselves. It is all about your attitude. Success depends not so much on what happens as on how you […]