As a child, she helped her family collect pollen, wax, and honey, sparking her love for beekeeping
He documented suffering of Kashmiris under Dogra rule including like high taxes, forced labor, economic monopolies and died under ‘mysterious circumstances’ at the foothills of Kohi-Suleiman.
Urdu Bazar finds its roots in Akbar's invasion of Kashmir when the rule of Kashmir's last native king, Sultan Yousuf Shah Chak ended.
"They take bulbs from here, they also take the Pampore soil to guise saffron as if they are growing it in Kashmir”
"It feels as if COVID looms at the doorstep annually, and the regular bouts of flu and cough persist throughout the year”
Expectations foresaw UN-backed plebiscite, yet India later incorporated it via Article 370, altering the anticipated trajectory.
"Since my babyhood I keenly use to listen the chirping of migratory birds, their whistles engaged my heart and shaped who I am today"
"It felt strange that even if you just want to buy a cup of coffee, you have to pay 20-rupees like entry fees"
Amidst the rhythms of tradition and the tides of change, Abdul Majeed Rangrez remains a guardian of heritage, dyeing threads that connect generations past and future.
With water torrents leaking and forming a hazardous maze on the uneven floors. The pilgrims gingerly maneuvered through this treacherous terrain, hoping to avoid slipping or injuring.
The boy capturing Kashmiri sentiment is seen as Nund Resh’s mystic relator, Rasul Mir’s elegiac raconteur and Ghulam Rasool Nazki’s anguish reporter.
In the realm of Kashmiri poetry, where hardships and challenges abound, one name stands tall and mighty—Wahab Khar, the Ironman of Kashmiri Poetry.
"Art never abandon its artisans.”
“It was a relief to know that I wasn't just going crazy, but that I had a real medical condition.”
"A free and public legal education is vital if a society wants justice to be served"
As jobs have become challenging, Kashmiri women are creating brand identity with the help of social media.
With PepsiCo’s corporate offer, hopes to revive local economy have reappeared in the captivating landscape as many abandoned their organic farms in the fall of 1947
Though a private library cannot come even closer to the Reading Room of the 1930s, the white rectangular cabins that divide the space remain occupied with people and the sound of flicking pages overwhelms the sluggish noise of the ceiling fans
The concern has been created by the second successive year of sparse snowfall that is likely to cause water shortage in agricultural lands across the valley
“Nobody is denying the importance of this smart drive, but the government should at least consider the crippling conditions through which Kashmiris have passed in recent years. Instead of helping us grow, the government is bent to escalate our survival crisis.”
The scenes of anguish and helplessness are emerging from Jammu and Kashmir due to the eviction drives falling on the powerful as well as the poor.
Srinagar, as per official statements and street alterations, is getting smart. But in the new city-sphere, some characters are still retaining an old charm.
As the tallest leader and New Delhi’s ‘secular Samaritan’ in Kashmir became redundant post abrogation of Article 370, his adversary and the Dogra Raj’s last monarch resurrected as a new remembrance in the “Naya Kashmir”.
As Kashmir is grappling with the soaring mercury, an eco-activist is blaming the shifting jungle order for the searing climate change.
It was the first major recruitment since Jammu & Kashmir lost its autonomous status in 2019 where 97,000 candidates appeared for 1200 posts
The remote sensing has concluded that Kashmir’s deep forest area has been either degraded or converted into sparse forest or scrublands during the 38-year observation period.
The present day plight of a famed fresh water body would’ve forced Kashmir’s eminent editor Sonaullah Aftab to change the title of his celebrated column as “Khazir Rota Hai Wular Ke Kinare”.
This conjecture is now making government to review its own ranks and fire the wary workers. Besides unceremonious farewells, the fired government staffers live with the new tag.
Amid the ongoing war on drugs, the story of a Kashmir man who lost everything to dope is making the menace very challenging.
As the last batch of Kashmiri students lately arrived home from Ukraine, the horrors of the war they faced in their overseas campus still give many of them sleepless nights. One such student shares his staggering suffering with The Himalayan Post.
Russia’s military campaign against Ukraine has created ripple effects in the valley’s timber industry and has bared Kashmir’s demand for the foreign wood like never before.
As the massive fire engulfed the Bone and Joint Hospital in Srinagar, the local volunteers left no stone unturned to evacuate patients and remove oxygen cylinders that may have caused havoc.
Days before the Russian invasion blocked exit points and set the stage for the military showdown, Kashmiri students in Ukraine were staring at the uncertain situation.
Back in 2017, he told Roger Federer to play more years so that he could play against him. Five years later, the kid has already become a champion.
‘Indian laws prohibit the direct termination of a government employee.’
The Dixon plan was recently raked up by NC deserter from Jammu, Devendra Singh Rana.
As Mughal defensive wall disappears within, the sign of Kashmir’s medieval rout is meeting its waterloo in an era of malevolent trends.
“Such is the frequency and intensity of our troubles that at times even medicines don’t work. Our perpetual pain is crippling us collectively.”
After its sudden coup and subsequent closure, a new debate has taken roots in the valley — whether or not Kashmir Press Club matters for scribes. While seniors are divided over the issue, the young journalists say it was their address.
“These doctors ruined my life and I have no idea about how this missing organ would affect my health now.”
They had gone to Mumbai to diffuse some tension in their distressed marital life, but returned overburdened.
“We have not ordered any such book although it may have come from any marketing person as a sample. I believe it’s the responsibility of the government and authors to keep a check on the content.”
In the backdrop of the new police statement and the recent shootout, IGP Kumar in an exclusive interview with The Himalayan Post talks about the unfolding security situation in Kashmir.
In the name of checking ‘adultery’, the houseboat owners of Kashmir have adopted a self-styled verification process making many in Kashmir equating it with an apartheid move.
With over 50 percent of apple crop still resting on branches, the untimely snowfall has brought winter in fall and froze Kashmir’s apple cart.
As five non-locals out of 32 civilian killings in Kashmir this year triggered a rattling run from the valley, the migrant workforce is hailing the local support while heading home in panic.