All posts tagged "2014 floods"
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871DisasterCandies and Chaos: How 2014 Flood changed everything overnight
A nightmarish turn in Kashmir’s 2014 flood marooned merrymaking plans and made muck of the heritage city. It was one of those...
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When lambs were sacrificed: On the banks of Ferozepur Nallah
On this day, in the devastating fall of 2014, many villages nestled on the banks of Ferozpur Nallah were sacrificing lambs to...
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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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Militant killed in military operation in Chrar-e-Sharief had rescued over 2 dozen armed forces personnel during floods in 2014
Srinagar: A Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militant, who was killed in a military operation in central Kashmir’s Chrar-e-Sharief area on Tuesday, had rescued around...
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Srinagar’s sordid saga: How Bemina choked the city
A slew of summertime flood predictions cast a looming shadow on Srinagar where battle for spaces has long turned flood basins into...
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Srinagar’s sordid saga: Dwelling in disaster-prone areas
2014 did to Kashmiris what many years of battered conflict couldn’t do. Such a shocker however, has not served as a wakeup call....
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Nishat’s ‘wonder women’ who rebuilt their lives with walnuts after the 2014 deluge
After the 2014 floods devoured their lifetime savings and shelters, they sent their men for construction jobs while Kashmir was being rebuilt,...
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Uprooted in 2014 flood, ‘Nadru’ has made a surprising comeback in an unexpected place, paddy fields!
Moving from the murky waters of Dal Lake, ‘Nadru’ has now a new address in Kashmir: Ganderbal’s paddy fields. The amazing agricultural...
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The day Jhelum, the poet’s muse, went loose…
Feeling the 2014 deluge of Kashmir a thousand miles away Doha (Qatar): The river, which has always been an inspiration to...
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Remembering September 2014 Floods in Poetry
I) No glitter in the eyes behind pane of the battered window, The consternation of my heart breaks a saucer...
