2010-07-11 Police has rounded up six suspects to unravel the mystery around the death of a postgraduate girl student who’s body was fished out of Jhelum this week, nine days after she went missing.
2010-06-09 It is Sunday noon. I am standing outside the only functional cinema in all of Indian administered Kashmir.
Located in the city of Srinagar, the shabby Neelam Cinema sits quiet. It looks more like a war torn military post, with coils of razor wire and bunkers, than a cinema. A paramilitary guard looks out from a bunker above as we approach the tin door. “No film today,” he says. “Go back.”
2010-04-12
As night falls Parveena grows restless. She is missing her son. She thinks of the clothes (a shirt and a pant) last worn by her son nestled between her clothes in the cupboard. She thinks of the night someone rushed to tell her that her son sleeping at his uncle’s place was picked up in his undergarments by Indian troops. That was 19 years ago and Parveena Ahangar is still waiting for her son to surface.
2010-03-24 Climate change has affected nearly every country in the world. Lying in the lap of the great Himalayas, Kashmir is one such place which has begun to feel its impact in more ways than one. Already
Kashmir’s prized saffron crops have suffered a 40% drop in production.
2009-12-11 As a kid, I would often rush to the baker across the lane in front of our house. The shop in the ground floor of the baker’s house had an oven in the back room
Global nomad dreams for Kashmir peace
2011-04-07 From Southern Alps to the Himalayas, Emerson searches for inner joy.
Health care of Kashmir in shambles
2010-09-02 Due to the fresh unrest in Kashmir since June 11, at least 64 unarmed protesters were killed which include mostly teenagers.
Bride's brutal departure
2010-07-11 Police has rounded up six suspects to unravel the mystery around the death of a postgraduate girl student who’s body was fished out of Jhelum this week, nine days after she went missing.
Kashmir's Last Cinema Struggles to Survive
2010-06-09 It is Sunday noon. I am standing outside the only functional cinema in all of Indian administered Kashmir. Located in the city of Srinagar, the shabby Neelam Cinema sits quiet. It looks more like a war torn military post, with coils of razor wire and bunkers, than a cinema. A paramilitary guard looks out from a bunker above as we approach the tin door. “No film today,” he says. “Go back.”
KASHMIR'S MOTHER OF DISAPPEARED
2010-04-12 As night falls Parveena grows restless. She is missing her son. She thinks of the clothes (a shirt and a pant) last worn by her son nestled between her clothes in the cupboard. She thinks of the night someone rushed to tell her that her son sleeping at his uncle’s place was picked up in his undergarments by Indian troops. That was 19 years ago and Parveena Ahangar is still waiting for her son to surface.
Kashmir's Economy Feels the Effects of Climate Change
2010-03-24 Climate change has affected nearly every country in the world. Lying in the lap of the great Himalayas, Kashmir is one such place which has begun to feel its impact in more ways than one. Already Kashmir’s prized saffron crops have suffered a 40% drop in production.
A HELP-ing hand
2010-03-02 A bureaucrat's wife in conflict-torn Kashmir is making a difference in orphaned children's lives.
Kashmir's Women Rise Above Conflict
2009-12-11 As a kid, I would often rush to the baker across the lane in front of our house. The shop in the ground floor of the baker’s house had an oven in the back room