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4.0KThey may be blind, but they’re Kashmir’s popular quilt-makers
Behind the sprawling NIT campus in Srinagar’s Hazrabal area, sleepy Chakbagh neighbourhood holds a unique distinction of housing the two fashionable and...
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2.5KIn Pictures: Vintage boycott scenes in Srinagar on poll day
On the second phase of Lok Sabha elections, Srinagar went to polls amid complete shutdown and internet gag on Thursday. The summer...
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3.0KPhoto Essay: Glimpses of the poll mood in Baramulla constituency
It was amid shutdown call and heightened security measures that Kashmir witnessed its first phase of polling for Baramulla Lok Sabha seat...
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6.6KLast generation of Santoor makers fading out into abyss
Facing a shrinking customer base and changed societal preferences, the traditional tune-maker of Old City is on the brink of losing his...
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6.2KStudents of Rizwan stare at his empty chair: ‘He was our School’
As they frequent their beloved teacher’s home in Awantipora and huddle around his despairing mother, Rizwan Pandith’s broken-hearted students cry a river,...
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5.2KLast standing Dhobis on Old City’s Jhelum Ghats
Among the seven bridges of the Old City, Aali Kadal managed to retain its traditional charm over the period of time. But...
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7.7KPathribal Fake Encounter: 19 years later, campaign for elusive justice continues
On the 19th anniversary of Pathribal fake encounter, the families of victims came out on roads of Brari-Angan to remember the fallen...
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13.3KOn Nawroz, leech therapy becomes Kashmir’s much-sought after healing method
From the interiors of the fabled Hazratbal bazaar to small town marketplaces, the roadside leech therapists cater to huge rush of patients...
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8.3KIn Photos: Papier-mâché — The labyrinth of a dying art
An unsung Kashmiri artisan class is on the verge of quitting their ancestral line of work. Behind the walkout are multiple plaguing...
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3.2KPhoto Essay: Pakistani wives of ex-militants — ‘Please allow us to travel home’
Srinagar: Wives of former Kashmiri militants who returned from Pakistan under Rehabilitation Policy almost a decade back staged a demonstration in Srinagar...
