Illegal Land Grab

Javeria wonders if authorities are part of the problem (Ms. Javeria Khurshid, 25, was born in Jammu and is a resident of Srinagar. She did her schooling at the Simin Rose Garden Montessori, Sanat Nagar, Srinagar, the Gazan International School in Saudi Arabia, and the...

Patron of Arts and Heritage

Farooq Renzu champions for preservation of Kashmir’s heritage (Khawaja Farooq Renzu Shah, 56, was born in Srinagar. He matriculated from the Government Higher Secondary School in Nawa Kadal, and attended Sri Pratap College, Srinagar. He completed his L.L.B....

Inter-Community Relations

Harmony among valley based communities can become a reality only when everyone understands that pluralism and diversity are the most important assets of the Kashmiri identity – even more important than democracy and secularism in Kashmir. Bhushan says if we...

Disappearing Forests

Naveed points to a serious issue that is not only depriving Kashmir of its assets but also its future ecological balance (Mr. Naveed Qazi, 23, did his schooling from Burn Hall School and Tyndale Biscoe, and eventually graduated in Commerce from the University of...

Income Over Ethics

This is the case of financially well-off people to whom only wage earning brides will do Kashmir’s ‘Insecure’ Brides Sidrah Fatma (Rising Kashmir) Srinagar: Such is the importance of government jobs in Kashmir that when would be in laws of Uzma (name...