In Depth
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718When a driver’s heroics stopped baker’s madness at Kashmir’s Ashmuqam
While ferrying the early-morning slaughter victims to hospital in his cab, Nisar saw a naked person in front of his cab. He...
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Kashmir construction story—the rise of a new city center
A stretch that once was a swamp is now a thriving shopping center in Srinagar, but how it became a commercial hub...
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Kashmir in drug net: The two friends who cure, not criminalise, addicts
In past five years, two college friends have helped 150 addicts to shun drugs and it is these people who now work...
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Kashmir in drug net: Dark visitors of an abandoned house
Amid crackdown on Drug-Mafia, a medico’s shocking update on Kashmir’s ‘epidemic of drug abuse’ has only questioned the community complacency on the...
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DSEK orders inquiry into ‘fake’ appointment of teacher
Srinagar: The Directorate of School Education Kashmir has ordered an inquiry to probe the appointment of a teacher posted in Boys High...
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Of poet, passage and Persian—How Kashmir influenced Central Asia
A cohort of connoisseurs met in Srinagar’s iconic Amar Singh Club on the cold morning of November 13, 2022 for a literary...
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Race or revival: How remixes are tuning contemporary Kashmir music
Recent musical releases are mostly old tunes set in new vocals, but is the mimic culture justifying Kashmir’s celebrated music legacy? A...
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Totem of Nund Reshi’s town continues to charm Kashmir
A veteran in the hometown of Kashmir’s patron saint tells a charming chronicle of craft and culture. The good-old radio and hookah...
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Budgam family allegations: Authorities exhume newborn’s body for DNA sampling
Srinagar: The authorities on Monday exhumed the body of a newborn to conduct DNA after a family from Budgam district alleged that...
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‘Our skill is our saviour’: Meet master matrons of Kashmir
They’re unassuming, unsung sheroes of Kashmir’s cottage industry. Checkpora, Chadoora — In this calm countryside pocket planted with wailing willows and longstanding...
