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Understanding the Ceasefire

There is a lot of debate going on about the timing of the India-Pak ceasefire, announced on May 10 evening, and the reasons that prompted it. The...

yesterday 2

Greater Kashmir

Arun Joshi

Be not a prisoner of your own perspective

Life can be busy, and often one can find that it is a struggle to keep things in perspective. To see the good which sits alongside the bad, or the...

yesterday 1

Greater Kashmir

B L Razdan

End of tariff war?

Over the last two days, there have been two major positive developments: one, the ceasefire between India and Pakistan after four days of intense...

yesterday 1

Greater Kashmir

Gk Education Desk

Let the ceasefire bring lasting peace

The announcement of a ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan marks more than a military truce; it signals a potential turning point in the...

yesterday 1

Greater Kashmir

Dr. Ashraf Zainabi

From Heaven’s Gaze

From his celestial perch among the stars, Iqbal gazes down upon the Valley of Kashmir. The distance of nearly a century since his earthly departure...

yesterday 1

Greater Kashmir

Colonel Maqbool Shah

A year without him

It has been a year since Azhar Hilal Sir left us, yet his presence continues to resonate in the hearts of those he touched. As we mark his first...

yesterday 1

Greater Kashmir

Iun Soudagar

A Commoner’s Perspective

No doubt, Kashmir has been in crisis for the last three decades, but it has not witnessed war-like situations since 1971. The region has...

yesterday 8

Greater Kashmir

Fida Firdous

He was a Torchbearer

In the lush, but often turbulent landscape of Jammu and Kashmir, where education has historically been challenged by conflict and remoteness, a few...

yesterday 9

Greater Kashmir

Haider Haseeb

Four days that shook the sub continent

The genesis of the present India-Pakistan conflict that threatened to go up on the escalatory ladder mercifully ended on 10th May. But it was the...

yesterday 10

Greater Kashmir

Prof Upendra Kaul

PCI’s scrutiny needed

It has happened for the first time post 1947 that Poonch city was targeted directly in the ongoing India-Pakistan confrontation. The locals in...

yesterday 8

Greater Kashmir

Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat

More noise than knowledge

Is journalism still about informing the public, interrogating power, and enabling democratic conversation—or has it mutated into a performance...

yesterday 8

Greater Kashmir

Zahid Sultan

When the sky turned red

It began like a sparkler—innocent, almost festive. A red streak across the sky. Then another. A strange hush fell on the park where I was walking...

yesterday 9

Greater Kashmir

Krishan Anand

Ceasefire offers hope

The ceasefire between India and Pakistan is an extraordinarily positive development for the South Asian region, more so for Jammu and Kashmir,...

yesterday 9

Greater Kashmir

Gk Editorial Desk

Kashmir’s Ego Epidemic

Pride is a silent parasite. It doesn’t scream, but it destroys; slowly, quietly and relentlessly. It eats away at the heart of individuals and...

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Greater Kashmir

Peerzada Mohsin Shafi

Stillness is a Skill

When uncertainty hangs in the air like unspoken unease, remaining calm is a life skill, it isn’t just an emotional state. And at the heart of this...

previous day 3

Greater Kashmir

Syeda Afshana

Repressions & Remains!

With this, I have completed forty four articles published by this esteemed newspaper. I am immensely grateful for the feedback, constructive or...

previous day 30

Greater Kashmir

Faizaan Bashir

Reminiscences of earlier wars

As the sky lit the border city of Jammu, my home town, with Pakistani drones and other projectiles, making futile bids to find targets in the City...

previous day 50

Greater Kashmir

Anil Anand

From the Pulpit to Hearts

It’s hard to believe that Moulana Mubarak Mubarki (known famously as Mub Saeb) is no longer among us. His death has sent shockwaves through the...

previous day 10

Greater Kashmir

Fayiq Wani

Alarmed, Concerned, or Complicit?

The Pahalgam tragedy aftermath is seemingly turning into a major escalation between India & Pakistan. Sensing the dangerous fallout, secretary...

saturday 2

Greater Kashmir

Dr. Ashraf Zainabi

The Blossoming of SLI

“In the short run, the investment is a voting machine. In the long run, it is a weighing machine”, perhaps this was the intent of the policy...

saturday 10

Greater Kashmir

Dheeraj Jandial

China and the India-Pakistan conflict

Indian armed strikes as part of Operation Sindoor on nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir on May 7 in the aftermath of the attack...

saturday 7

Greater Kashmir

Guest Contributor

Fighting the Wrong, Rightly

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, a landmark legislation replacing the Indian Penal Code, 1860, seeks to modernize and indigenize the...

saturday 3

Greater Kashmir

Muneeb Rashid Malik

Climate of Change

This writer may be forgiven for writing on a subject which may be very remote on what is on the mind of all Indians—the current state of relations...

saturday 5

Greater Kashmir

Vivek Katju

Bazaar without buyers

Hope had briefly returned to Kashmir. Once more, the markets were humming with the sounds of haggling and laughter. Admiring the elaborate Kashmiri...

saturday 3

Greater Kashmir

Dr. Mehak Jonjua

Mental Wellness Tips for Seniors

Old age has been called the evening of life, serene, peaceful, golden, but sometimes filled with shadows. While the body starts slowing down and...

09.05.2025 10

Greater Kashmir

Mukhtar Ahmad Qureshi

Need of a standalone hospital for elders

In a region where the elderly are respected as the moral and cultural bedrock of our families, it is time we ask a hard question: What tangible...

09.05.2025 2

Greater Kashmir

Dr. Ashraf Zainabi

Elderly Well-being in Difficult Times

In regions caught in persistent states of uncertainty and disruption, the atmosphere often thickens with an invisible weight—a mix of anxiety,...

09.05.2025 10

Greater Kashmir

Dr. Zubair Saleem

Desolation around Dal Lake

The tragic happenings of the recent heartless killings in Pahalgam brought in a sudden drop for the tourism industry. Kashmir valley has seen...

09.05.2025 2

Greater Kashmir

Prof Upendra Kaul

Strike the balance

Feminism since last few decades vibrantly talks about the rights of women which somehow had been least talked about in past due to various known...

09.05.2025 1

Greater Kashmir

Bilal Ahmad Khanday

The rich amongst us

One of the ways God chooses to punish some of us is to let our nafs dictate terms including its passion for getting rich. It is a trial that very...

09.05.2025 20

Greater Kashmir

Muhammad Maroof Shah

Wonders of Allah’s Creation

It is one of the many wonders of Allah (SwT) that he has produced us from one person and we have grown into so many, each one with his own...

09.05.2025 2

Greater Kashmir

Gk Editorial Desk

Life’s Labour Lost

Clad in a dark brown frock-shalwar, with a finely woven red stole laced with green stripes draped delicately over her head, Sheherzad’s bluish...

08.05.2025 10

Greater Kashmir

Abid R Baba

Sustainable Fix To Fress-Famb

Every year, as May arrives, the Kashmir Valley—otherwise resplendent in its springtime bloom—is blanketed by a white, cotton-like fluff...

08.05.2025 3

Greater Kashmir

Dr. Ashraf Zainabi

Madness in the name of competition

Days before, one of the premier exams in the country concluded. Just after the exam, many students came crying out of the halls as they felt the...

08.05.2025 2

Greater Kashmir

Gk Editorial Desk

America wakes up to sugar poison, at last

 The wild run of the Donald Trump brigade in the United States is already bringing negative fallouts: the US economy contracted in the first...

08.05.2025 2

Greater Kashmir

Jagdish Rattanani

A Nostalgic Journey through Resilience, Simplicity, and Purpose

Recently, I came across a touching book titled Bumpy Roads by Dr. Ibrahim Masoodi—a name that many in the medical fraternity will recognize. I’ve...

08.05.2025 4

Greater Kashmir

Manzoor Ahmad Bhat

More on Shakespeare

The context of modern and postmodern Shakespeare criticism is modernistic worldview which, as Russell puts it, is built on the foundations of “...

08.05.2025 2

Greater Kashmir

Muhammad Maroof Shah

Sites of Prosperity

Kashmir is among the few regions in the world that not only have a breathtaking scenic beauty but a resounding heritage preserved, but now in a...

08.05.2025 3

Greater Kashmir

Dr Ramees Raja Beig

A reprehensible crime

Crime is a part of human societies, so is punishment for crime. But certain crimes are so horrific that no punishment can be matching to the level...

07.05.2025 20

Greater Kashmir

Gk Editorial Desk

Positive message for J&K from Delhi amid rising tensions

Amid rising tensions after the Pahalgam terror attack, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has brought a very positive message from New Delhi. The message...

07.05.2025 2

Greater Kashmir

Zahoor Malik

100 Years of Thalassemia

A Century Ago… In 1925, an American pediatrician named Dr. Thomas Benton Cooley described a serious health problem in children (mostly of Italian...

07.05.2025 1

Greater Kashmir

Dr K K Koul

What is the endgame?

Over the years, India has emerged as a rising global power with expanding diplomatic, economic, and military clout. Pakistan, on the other hand,...

07.05.2025 1

Greater Kashmir

Sheikh Khalid Jehangir

Beyond Marks

In the journey of life, there are moments that silently sculpt our future. Academic examinations are one such moment—no longer mere assessments,...

07.05.2025 2

Greater Kashmir

Mohammad Arfat Wani

Unsustainable Future of Ayushman Bharat

arfatbhat23@gmail.com In the picturesque region of Jammu and Kashmir, the Ayushman Bharat scheme, launched in 2018, had brought hope to millions of...

07.05.2025 1

Greater Kashmir

Arfat Ahmad Bhat

Dreams in Distress

In the high-stakes world of startups, the odds are not in your favour—statistics show that nearly 90% of startups fail globally. Yet, success is...

07.05.2025 1

Greater Kashmir

Dr Saad Parvez

Breathless in a World Full of Air

For millions across the globe, breathing doesn’t come easy. It comes with tightness, coughing, wheezing and fear—especially when asthma, a chronic...

07.05.2025 1

Greater Kashmir

Dr. Zubair Saleem