The B.Ed Money Machine

The reason that the University of Kashmir is turning a blind eye to educational exploitation in Kashmir is because most students in B. Ed colleges are non-localsEducation Remains Casualty Amid Mushrooming of B.Ed CollegesZeenat Zeeshan Fazil (Kashmir Images)Srinagar:...

A Disaster in the Making

There is a crisis up ahead if we keep urbanizing rural lands. Two reportsShrinking Agriculture land concerns Kashmiri farmersSrinagar: The constant shrinking of agriculture lands in the Kashmir valley has become a cause of concern to farmers of the state.The rapid...

Stealing the Green Gold

Can the forest mafia survive without the connivance of institutional support?Who Will Stem the Rot?Syed Junaid HashmiJammu: Like the proberbial ‘who will bell the cat’, the endless puzzle of who would put curbs on the timber mafia operating in league with...

A Father’s Delight

Asifa conducts an interview with Dr. Sameetha Agha, daughter of Dr. Agha Ashraf Ali (Ms. Asifa Amin Koul was born in Srinagar. She went to the Arya Samaj School in Hazuri Bagh, and the Government Women’s College on the Maulana Azad Road, both located in...

Recalling a Hire who Became Family

Ashraf recalls a helper who loved BBC Radio and Vajpayee(Dr. Mirza Ashraf Beg, 69, was born in Sarnal, Anantnag. He did his primary schooling at the Primary Hanfia School in Anantnag and completed his F. Sc. from the Government Degree College in Anantnag. He completed...