As Kashmir turned abnormal, the parents of a 15-year-old literally bundled and flew him to London for studies. Separated from home and his parents, the young boy channelized the loss by deciding yo do something that will minimize the pain of kids. three decades later, Dr Noou Ul Owase jeelani, is the most talked about London-based super-surgeon, who is perhaps the only expert in separating twins with fused skulls, an eaborate time-intensive procedure that costs Rs 10-20 crore, a team of more than 100 experts from diverse fields and no less than 40 hours of surgery, reports Masood Hussain and Humaira Nabi

The voter is seemingly angry and frustrated in Jammu, the erstwhile Nagpur of right-wing. Will this lead to a change in the region's political priorities, however, is very difficult to predict, writes Khalid Bashir Gura

Of the dozen-odd candidates in the fray for the Udampur LS seat, the contest is between Congress and BJP, represented by Rajputs, lal Singh and jitendra Singh. However, for a hilly constituency where Muslim influence was skirted by the last delimitation, Ghulam Nabi Azad's candidate can alter the outcome, reports Khalid Bashir Gura 


Only two of the six Lok Sabha berths in erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state will have a black and-white contest between BJP and Congress. The remaining four seats are anticipated to witness weird fragmentation and brutal contestation, a situation in which hazarding an outcome is risky, writes Masood Hussain

In Kashmir's digital divide, childhood is emerging most vulnerable life space. The potential detachment from traditional enriching elements, the rise of sedentary lifestyles among children, are widening generation gaps, and the prevalence of academic stress leading to psychiatric disorders in adolescents. Syed Shadab Ali Gillani explores three generations and the impact of technology on modern-day childhood

After massive changes in the reservation system  in Jammu and Kashmir, the open merit basket has been squeezed to an all-time low. For a place where unemployment is already a major issue, there are not many jobs in the government, the private sector is barely surviving, and the undoing of the level playing field may add to the crisis for youth bulge, reports Babra Wani 






As the government in Jammu and Kashmir has started recruiting its staff, the selection lists exhibit a skewed regional balance. Syed Shadab Ali Gillani investigated the trend only to find out that new-generation Kashmir has stopped competing because they avoid serious studies, claim a lack of enabling infrastructure and are unwilling to spend years in preparations 

Started as an almost stillborn initiative in the wake of haze in August 2019, with an avowed objective to fight for Jammu and Kashmir's rights, the PAGD  was eventually reduced to a photo-op for JKNC AND PDP. In  THE WAKE OF Lok sabha polls, the two parties have landed in a situation where they will face each other and it marks the end of it, reports Babra Wani 

The virtual Kashmir id facing music as the upsurge in crimes keeps the cyber police too busy. Cases of fraud, bulling. hacking, extortion, honey trapping, sextortion and blackmail are taking place round the clock in a society where almost everybody owns a smartphone. Babra Wani meets the real victims of the virtual world and interacts with the officials and activists manning the mess 

In Jammu and Kashmir,40.89 per cent of private school teachers use only 19.25 per cent of the entire educational infrastructure to teach 45.60 per cent of the total student population and deliver a result of 92 per cent at a fraction of the cost that the government spends on its school network. This may changes as a series of interventions are interrupting the sector, stakeholders tell Masood Hussian  

With the engineering marvel of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla track about to permit the chugging of trains into Kashmir, the land-locked valley will witness a series of disruptive interventions in economy, industry,tourism,and connectivity, reports Maleeha Sofi 

Even thought smart individuals with the smartest technology manage the best visuals for their subaverage songs to attract more eyeballs, still, unlike in 2021 and 2022, there is good poetry, better singers and bigger platforms that Kashmir consumed in 2023. The cringe content is getting gradually out  of the chart, Syed Shadab Ali Gillani finds in the third digital music consumption survey 

In Kashmir's ongoing drug menace, spreading like an epidemic, the focus remains on the addict the 'victim' of the crisis.Babra Wani met the families of some of some of these addicts to report the costs that a member's addiction exacts on them 

Spending days in the sunshine and freezing in bone-chilling Chillai Kalan nights, the desert weather has pushed Kashmir to the edge, A 'bald' Gulmarg is craving powder snow, power stations lack water to generate energy and dry weather cold seems a resident disease. Syed Shadab Ali Gillani meets experts to tell the story beyond Climate Change and Al-Nino 

TAMED, NOT CAGED Chandralekha Zutshi's Sheikh Abdullah: The Caged lion of Kashmir' is by far the most perceptive work on Abdullah but is short of being the definitive text, writes haseeb A Drabu
KASHMIR'S BAKSHI ERA Hafsa Kanjwal's 'A fate Written On Matchboxes', revisits the structure and systems in the decade-old rule by Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad and offers a gripping narrative,writes Muhammad Nadeem 


As the distant down-south waltengu Nar village was gradually trying to come out of the 2005 tragedy when more than 180 of its residents were frozen to death by a snowstorm, four families'lost six members in a road accident in shimla.Khalid Bashid Guru accompanied Dr Mushtaq A Marghoob to the village to get stories of shock, survival and trauma for kashmir's society and administration for consideration to get stories of shock, survival and trauma for kashmir's society and administration for consideration 

With militancy in Kashmir under massive pressure, it is gradually getting revived in Pir Panchal Valley. There have been a series of fatal attacks on the security grid in the last three years. however, after the recent ambush in which four soldiers fell in their line of duty, three civilians lost their lives allegedly to torture that led the Defence Minister to visit the area, reports Raashid andrabi

Regardless of the robust security and surveillance systems in place, Kashmir has emerged as a fraud abundant territory. Almost every season, frauds innovate their style of cheating, The latest, nicknamed paisa Double scame, involved a Chennai duo whose now -blocked company took money from people with a promise of impressive returns and then silently fled, reports Masood Hussain 

Four year after political parties and concerned citizens flocked Supreme Court challenging the reading down of Article 370, and the bifurcation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into two federally governed Union Territories. The verdict of the 5- judge Constitution Bench upheld the entire decision-making and suggested an election by September 2024,reports Faiqa Masoodi

Families have remained at the centre of politics in Jammu and Kashmir. Since 2014, this has emerged as the main critique of the institution of politics. Despite the focus, the undeniable truth persists: dynastic influence endures, with successive generations seamlessly entering the political arena, reports Raashid Andrabi 

For ages, people have been undergoing very painful process of engraving symbolic memories for the sake of their beliefs, love and life lessons. As professional tattoo studios came in, wearing one's heart on the sleeves became a new fashion statement. the trend is changing, no the youth are rushing in hoards to remove tattoos for reasons of faith, health,jobs and a stable friction-free conjugal life, Khalid Bashir Gura reports 

Jammu Kashmir history's most financially empowered Panchayat, elected in a challenging situation in 2018 amid boycott and threats, is completing its term in early 2024.Apparently apolitical, they performed as per the capacities they had and the flexibility the governance structure permitted. As the new election is delayed, the crucial grassroots set-up may have to wait for a long time till the new faces emerge in an election that will be hugely contested reports, Syed Shadab Ali Gillani 

At time when efforts are underway to request the search giant Google to add Kashmiri to its translation services, Khalid Bashir Guru met a number of  youth men who are  creating content in kashmiri in order to help the mother tongue survive in tune with the trends that new technologies and the media are dictating

In a bid undo the competition, a section of Kashmir society has traditionally used Sihar. this encourages potential superstitious targets to seek protection from faith healers and thus a roaring business has emerged involving people using, misusing and abusing the metaphysical prowess to do and undo things for a cost, reports Syed Shadab Ali Gillani 

The Colleges across Kashmir are exhibiting a historic nosedive in new admissions, a trend evading a clear reason. In an attempt to deconstruct the scary classroom situation, Humaira Nabi Talked to teachers and students; identified the traditional career courses that students follow post-twelfth class and offered a set of factors which might have contributed to the new syndrome afflicting the already sick higher education set-up 

Broadcast journalist, Iqra Akhoon who producted a rare and well-received heritage web series focusing on the life and times around the historic bridges of Srinagar, jots down the highs and lows of a challenging half-year project that helped rediscover the city of Kashmir 

The media reporting about Kashmir having tens of thousand of female drug addicts is unfairly fancy and fake. But that never means a small section of Kashmir women are into drug abuse, peddling and exploitation, reports Babra Wani 

With around four million cricket bats being manufactured every year, the ongoing  World Cup has spiked the market appetite for the Kashmir Willow. Syed Shadab Ali Gillani met the stakeholders to understand the challenges for the vibrant sector, especially the alleged raw material shortage 

The last village on the foothills of Zoji La does not offer a breathtaking view of the Singh Vally alone. It is a model village that can teach too many things to the 'civilised' plains, reports Humaira Nabi 

Within days after the pollster started working towards holding the local body polls later this year, credible reports suggest the exercise may not take place later. While the decision making has been attributed to the security situation, political circles suggest that it is Jammu and not kashmir drives the intervention, reports Faiqa Masoodi 

Quite a few girls get enticed by the drugs but whoever lands in the mess loses almost everything till a rescue  and rehabilitation is initiated. Babra Wani met one of the unfortunate victims and heard her long tragic story. It is the first-person account of the girl who literally landed in hell and somehow was brought back 

April 21-27,2024;DISSIMULATING THE PAIN? ;Issue 4 Vol 16

April 14-20,2024;UDHAMPUR:A RAJPUT FIGHT; Issue 03 Vol 16

April 07-13,2024; LS POLLS:ALLIES AND ALLIANCES; Issue 02 Vol 16

March 31-April 06,2024;LOST CHILDHOOD; Vol 16 Issue 01

March 24-30,2024;JAMMU KASHMIR'S POST-2019 RESERVATION SYSTEM; Issue 52 Vol 15

March 17-23,2024;NOT IN RACE; Issue 51 Vol 15

March 10-16,2024;PAGD: AN OBITUARY; Issue 50 Vol 15

March 03-09,2024;VIRTUAL KASHMIR HONEYTRAPS,SEXTORTIONS,FRAUD; Issue 49, Vol 15

February 25-March 02,2024; THE SCHOOLS UNDER STRESS;Issue 48 Vol 15

February 11-17,2024;KASHMIR ON TRACK; Issue 46, Vol 15

February 04-10 ,2024; 2023:KASHMIR'S MUSIC CHART; Issue 45 Vol 15

January 28-February 03,2024;SURVIVING THE STORM; Issue 44 Vol 15

January 21-27,2024;KASHMIR'S WINTER WARMTH; Issue 43 Vol 15

January14-20,2024;2BOOKS BY KASHMIR WOMEN SCHOLARS DECONSTRUCT TOWERING KASHMIR LEADERS; Issue 42 Vol 15

January 07-13,2024;WALTENGUNNAR A HAMLET OF BROKEN BONES;Issue 41 Vol 15

December 31,2023-January 06,2024;BLEEDING BORDERS;Issue 40 Vol 15

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