Marila Latif

‘My people didn’t recognise my talent’: In conversation with Qaiser Nizami

His possible big break in the global musical award show—where icons and cults annually lock horns over the gold—might be on the...

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Disaster

Seven years later, the deluge of distress is still haunting Kashmir

The central consumer commission’s swift act to award Rs 2 crore compensation to a Delhi model for a bad haircut has shifted...

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Environment

Life in Srinagar — Part III: Way out for troubled waters

In this concluding part on the waning heritage of Kashmir, experts talk about the rescue plan to safeguard the floating legacy and...

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Culture

Life in Srinagar—Part II: (Caste)ing shadows over Nigeen Lake

One of the reasons behind the decay and downfall of Kashmir’s heritage houseboat legacy is the chronic slandering of the Hanji community....

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Feature

‘We had hope’: How Kashmiris tackled the communication crisis in 2019

Apart from the mother’s misery and the lovers’ longing, those summer messages in the mountains engaged all and sundry. The long-awaited dispatch...

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Environment

Life in Srinagar—Part I: Pathos and Pollution of Dal Lake

Despite its indigenous Hanji community fighting the protracted battle to protect and preserve their centuries-old identity, over 40 percent of houseboats vanished...

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Culture

Kashmiri homes becoming unbearable in summers — why?

Before being brought down in a dramatic manner, drones would capture a corrugated cityscape which once had colourful flowerbeds blooming atop. Amid...

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In Depth

‘Beast in bush’ is no longer an ‘urban myth’ in Kashmir

At a time when uptown city pocket dwellers are claiming a beast sighting in their neighbourhood, the man-wild conflict which earlier devoured...

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In Depth

All Party Meet: A tactical ‘democratic’ step to normalize August 5?

Delimitation for elections, international politics, tense line of actual control and secret meets between New Delhi and Islamabad stand peeling off the...