As hushed COVID funerals have become the new normal, Kashmir Observer’s photo chief embarks on an uneasy journey to capture the pandemic farewell scenes in the valley’s haunting graveyards
Adhering to strict COVID guidelines, Kashmir offered the annual congregational prayers on last Friday of the holy month of Ramzan indoors, as mosques and shrines continue to witness pandemic-induced lockdown.
The encounter began around 2 AM after a joint team of the CRPF and Jammu and Kashmir Police launched a cordon and search operation in Kani Mazar locality of Nawakadal area in Srinagar city following inputs about the presence of militants
Beyond coils of concertina wire symbolizing another day of battered lockdown in Srinagar, the appearance of Pir Panjal peaks has come as a captive sight to behold amid pandemic. What used to hide behind the blanket of bad air has now emerged on the horizon to the delight of sightseers
The vibrant mosques and markets during Ramzan in Kashmir have become subdued in pandemic. Absence of festive community spirit and congregational entreaty has further reduced the revered month for Muslims as an act of individual veneration
The newsy Cyber Police Station of Kashmir was in the middle of a grim exchange yesterday after an educator from Doda asked its chief to intervene in the ‘growing’ harassment cases. The exchange motivated a young multimedia journalist from Srinagar to canvas the case of eve-teasing in shades and shadows
In an ongoing viral war, Kashmir’s frontline suffered a dent on Tuesday when one of its doctors was tested positive for Covid-19. The case has once again highlighted the tightrope walk for Kashmir’s healthcare specialists in the fight against the fatal entity
Thirteen years after Siraj Bagh became Indira Gandhi Memorial Garden, 1.3 million tulips are withering without catching an eye. As pandemic enforced a new lockdown, the festive flowers have lost both their eager audience and admiration.
As distant shadows of their masked tribe of yore, the new vigilantes in Kashmir are out on streets to regulate the ‘viral’ movement.
Unlike Kashmir’s politically-plagued gatherings, the one witnessed on Friday took place in complete privacy, bereft of the signature tear-jerking scenes.
KO SUPPLEMENTS
