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A crisis grips Kashmir, unfolding inside homes and in long evenings of study, where teenagers absorb a dream before they understand it. One word...
A familiar scene plays out in classrooms, offices, and family gatherings in Kashmir. Someone sits silently, speaks when needed, and listens more than...
Kashmir’s political class speaks constantly about public welfare, democratic restoration, and people’s rights. Press conferences fill television...
By the time Jammu and Kashmir’s ruling party began attacking Iltija Mufti over her protests on Urdu, the real issue had already started fading from...
By Syed Yunis Bukhari Classrooms across Kashmir and India produce millions of students annually armed with marks, certificates, and rankings. ...
India’s reservation system began with a moral purpose that commanded broad respect. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar envisioned it as a constitutional instrument...
By Shabir Ahmad Ganaie At first light in Shopian, a young father steps out of his home before his children wake up. Morning spares him the hardest...
The drug crisis in Kashmir has moved far beyond police files and political speeches. It lives inside homes now. Parents speak about it in hushed...
Jammu and Kashmir stands before a defining test. The region has spent decades battling discord, disturbance and distress. Another threat now presses...
Modern weddings in Kashmir increasingly resemble public exhibitions where families compete through spending, decoration and spectacle. Banquet halls...
By Dr. Aijaz Ahmad Bhat Every autumn, thousands of families in Jammu and Kashmir perform the same painful ritual. Suitcases fill with woolens,...
By Muhammad Arbaaz Niazii Kashmir has always treated water as more than a resource. It lives inside poetry and prayer. Lakes breathe with the...
By Sheikh Khalid Jahangir Pahalgam has long been one of India’s most popular tourist spots. It is surrounded by the beautiful Himalayas, and it is...
Something is hollowed out in the homes of Kashmir. Parents know it before they name it. A son stops coming home for dinner, and a daughter borrows...
By Tajamul Islam Salroo Almost every entrepreneur today is either talking about CA storage or investing in it. But is this surge driven by real...
The snowy peaks of the Himalayas, long revered as symbols of pristine purity and life-giving air, are falling victim to a dangerous, invisible...
By Dr. Ashraf Zainabi Private school fees in Jammu and Kashmir have remained a source of stress for parents and confusion for authorities for...
By Dr. Satyawan Saurabh The world once again appears to be at a crossroads where the voice of humanity is drowned out by displays of power, threats,...
My mother wakes before dawn. She prays, then she cooks. She began this routine in her parents’ home, continued it in her in-laws’ house, and...
The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly passed the Private Universities Bill on April 4, 2026, with the usual fanfare about progress and...
Before a single word was exchanged in Islamabad, Iran had already spoken. It spoke in fabric. In colour. In absence. The photographs tell the story...
By Adv Azhar ud din Sofi Forty days have passed since the strike landed at dawn, and the Muslim world still feels the aftershock. On February 28,...
In the coming days, India will be immersed in a festive season, with celebrations taking place across the length and breadth of the nation. The...
India’s food economy is expanding fast, creating opportunities at home and abroad. At the same time, enforcement data points to the need to upgrade...
India’s direct tax system turned a page on April 1, 2026. After sixty-four years of patchwork amendments and accumulated legal sediment, the Income...
By Muskan Shafi Malik At a time when global tensions ripple across the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow maritime corridor through which nearly a fifth of...
Jammu and Kashmir’s future feels unpredictable, influenced by forces that extend well beyond its borders. The region’s terrain, history, and...
Kashmir stands at the edge of something irreversible. The snows that fed its rivers and filled its glaciers for millennia now arrive late, thin, and...
Epidemics do not always arrive with fever and cough. Some travel through behaviour, culture, and the devices in our pockets. A new pattern has taken...
By Dr. Ashraf Zainabi Anyone who has observed the condition of Kashmir lakes over the past two or three decades will notice that their decline has...
The ongoing conflict in West Asia, sparked by joint United States-Israeli military strikes on Iran on February 28, 2026, now stretches well into its...
The heated discussion, marked by emotional outbursts from several lawmakers over personal security matters in the Legislative Assembly yesterday,...
By Dr. Ashraf Zainabi Humanity is a daily habit grounded in clear thinking, care for others, and fairness in action. Balance takes shape when these...
By Dr. Showket Ahmad Mandloo Centuries of Kashmiri identity flowed through the Jhelum. The river sustained agrarian life, defined settlement...
By Dr Muhammad Sameer Shafi Siddiqui Donald Trump spent weeks promising to obliterate Iran. He posted threats about bombing energy sites into...
By Girdhari Lal Raina This winter marks the seventh straight year of snow scarcity in the valley. Overall precipitation has dropped 65 percent...
The recent assassination bid was the third such attack on Dr Farooq Abdullah in last 30 years which I remember very clearly for their details. The...
A lady professor recently stood before cameras and introduced Orion, a robotic dog, as her university’s breakthrough. The device moved on four legs,...
I remember the exact moment the numbers landed on my desk. Fifty-three Muslim candidates had cleared the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2025, out of...
Something is seriously off with Kashmir’s spring. This past February, Srinagar clocked 21 degrees Celsius. That is ten degrees above normal. It...
By Nayeema Ahmad Mahjoor If we believe that the current aggression towards Iran will change the Persians, we must be deluded. In fact, it will not...
By Muhammad Arbaaz Niazi Missiles strike thousands of miles away and breaking alerts flash across phones within seconds. Life in Kashmir absorbs the...
Headlines race through the world in seconds, while meaning moves through memory, faith, and human ties. March 1, 2026 brought such a moment. Kashmir...
Betrayal is the word that comes to mind. In the early hours of February 28, the United States and Israel launched a ferocious strike on Iran, killing...
By Dr. Manoj Kumar Mishra The US led by President Donald Trump with active backing from Israel developed an operational strategy based on robust...
The global order is undergoing a profound shift, and power equations are changing faster than institutions can adjust. Tensions among the United...
In the heart of Kashmir’s busiest market, thousands gathered to mourn the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Many here called him Agha Jan...
After a spell of sabre-rattling, American forces under the self-styled “Disruptor-in-Chief,” Donald Trump, launched strikes on Iranian targets....
By Mushtaq Ul Haq Ahmad Sikander The situation with Iran opens a clear window into the crisis we face in world order today. Many people in the...
By Mutaharra A W Deva Business leaders in Kashmir now work in a reality where climate conditions influence every serious decision. Heat waves grow...
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