PEER SHAISTA SHAKEEL A spark neglected burns the house. That is what we must remember right now. There was a time when people of Kashmir were confident of not being affected by the coronavirus. But what has happened since has made a mockery of that misplaced confidence. The number of infected persons is rising every […]
AHMAD KASHMIRI While doctors and health experts have sounded the alarm over worsening Covid-19 situation in Jammu and Kashmir, common people are caught between the devil and the deep sea as the precautions have loosened both at the government and at the community level. Parks and gardens have been thrown open for public, tourists are […]
Rayees Ahmad Kumar One could love him or hate him for his flamboyant style and aggressive enforcing of traffic rules in Jammu & Kashmir, but this Odisha-born IPS officer, an alumnus of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), is certainly not one to be ignored. Basant Kumar Rath’s tenure as IGP Traffic landed him in a series […]
Book: Bikhre Rang Author: Dr Aqeela (Assistant Professor, Department of Arabic, BGSB University, Rajouri) Publisher: Educational Publishing House, New Delhi Publishing Year: 2020 ISBN: 978-93-89733-92-1 Pages: 141 Dr Ashraf Amin We human beings have tonnes of information at our disposal. Knowledge of the most complex entities of earth and sky has been revealed to us. […]
S Abdullah Getting a permanent job is like a dream turning into reality. Whenever the smartphone pops up with a notification regarding advertisement for any post, the heart fills with hope. Years ago, like many others, I was preparing to sit in the PG entrance examination of some well known universities. During the same time, […]
Firdous Khan The abrogation of J&K’s special status and bifurcation into two union territories has led to much discontent against the Indian state. Now the issuing of domicile certificates to non-locals has angered people. The new domicile rules have been declared as unconstitutional and arbitrary by the region’s two political rivals, NC and PDP, while […]
Ivkar Hussain Malik The Mansar lake is situated 60 km from Jammu city. Its pristine beauty and the crystal clear environment around it attracts everybody, not only tourists but also the locals. Mansar lake is famous for two main reasons. The first is that it is a tourist spot, and the other is that it […]
Sameer Ul Haq There is no denying the fact that Allama Iqbal strived for Kashmir’s political and economic independence. The plight of Kashmiris suffering from abject poverty, exploitation, oppression and lack of education was always on Iqbal’s mind and it wounded his soul. Iqbal always wanted to see the subjugated Kashmiris as a lofty and […]
Nawaz Manzoor Kashmir is a land of fabled beauty and romance. The Bangus Valley is a region relatively unexplored by tourists. It is situated in the northwestern periphery of Tehsil Handwara in District Kupwara, approx 130 km from Srinagar. The valley is at an altitude of about 10,000 ft above sea level. It is spread […]
Prerna SM Jain Mrityunjay Devvrat is a filmmaker who received international acclaim for his first commercial movie, ‘Children of War’ (2014). The film is based on the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. The film is also known as ‘The Bastard Child’ (the name was censored). The film shows three emotional stories that reflect the times in […]