Saving Dal (yet Another Attempt)

Can technology overwhelm gross decay caused by humans?LAWDA’s Tryst with ExperimentationsArif Shafi Wani (Greater Kashmir)Srinagar: In a bid to check blooming of harmful Algal blooms, a cause of Dal lake’s deterioration, the authorities have started experiments using...

Vanishing Interest in Reading Books

Reading culture is slowly disappearing in KashmirKashmiris decide not to read … and receding reading culture pushes libraries out of workZehra Shafi (Kashmir Images)Srinagar: The sad reality about gradual decrease in book-reading habits in the Valley may not evoke the...

Declining Culture

Normally increased corruption motivates a few to invest in arts, but in Kashmir the money is simply squandered‘Theatre in Kashmir on decline’Srinagar: Celebrating the World Theatre Day, Actors’ CreativeTheatre (ACT) and Indian Theatre Alliance, held a function toaware...

Preserving Heritage

Valley Citizen Council (VCC) says that local employees of the Archaelogical survey of India (ASI) are negligent and indifferent to proper preservationAncient artifacts in dangerSrinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court today directed Union of India, Archaeological...

World Bank Financed Saffron Production Project

Two reports on the interaction between the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) and local saffron growers in the valleySaffron per Hectare Output Down by 200%: SKUASTSajad Kralyari (Rising Kashmir)Srinagar: Lack of fertilizers,...