Of Pain and Passion: Kashmir’s ‘Coming of Age’ Artform
KO Photo by Abid Bhat Kashmir has used its art to express its plight to the world and sing a...
Kashmiri Artists Who Portray Paradise In Shade and Shadow
Artist Masood Hussain If there is anyone who can turn an excruciating pain into a beautiful yet wrenching thing then...
Plot Thickens: Inside Bollywood’s Biased Kashmir Lens
Year 2022 is kicking off a spell of fresh Bollywood flicks on Kashmir living up to their ‘scripted’ hype. But...
‘Marvelous’ Elsewhere, Why Online Learning Is ‘Monotonous’ In Kashmir?
With J&K administration once again extending closure of educational institutes till further orders, a recent parent-teacher highlighted the concerns of...
What I Didn’t Know About Kashmir
While filing the story, I came across a Kashmiri sentence, Dil Chu Aamut Phatnas which means, “My heart is tearing...
Plunder In Pandemic: Kashmir’s Green Gold Continues to Bleed
Amid pandemic, smugglers and timber mafia seem to have a field day in Kashmir forests. Even as the plundered sights...
5 Popular Documentaries That Picture Life in Kashmir
Amid barrage of daily videos depicting various aspects of the valley, Kashmir Observer has curated a list of five documentaries...
Has Civil Services Exam Become A hard Labour For Kashmiris?
At a time when concern in some quarters remains that Kashmiri students aren’t breaking into the ranks of UPSC exams...
‘7 Lakh Kashmiris’ Fear Losing Their Pashmina Threads to LAC Tensions
Dented with dogged discord and craving for life-support for decades now, Kashmir’s six-century-old Pashmina industry supporting around seven lakh people...
Losing to Lowest Bidder: ‘Tender’ Blow to Kashmiri Unit-holders
Native Kashmiri transformer unit-holders are getting anxious about their mode of sustenance in a lockdown-ridden valley where they’re now losing...