Reclaiming Brand Cashmere
The redeeming fact is that Kashmir (Cashmere in the European imagination) is already a robust brand which has been, however, cannibalised by others. This brand needs to be reclaimed and backed by substance
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Shades and Shadows of Strife: Growing Up Trauma in Kashmir
“Our curbed life is leaving a little choice for us now,” Aqsa said. “You can’t go out for normal schooling and routine outing. And back home, your parents keep sulking over the situation in Kashmir. This takes toll on your mind.”
Files Are Waiting, So Are People: Where’s J&K’s Consumer Commission
Dissolved in last fall along with eight other Commissions of Jammu and Kashmir, State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (SCDRC) has left behind an inventory of hundreds of pending cases.
Why Kashmir’s Leadership has Abdicated at a Critical Time
This state of affairs has inherently hobbled establishment politics in Kashmir, divesting it of any conviction or an ideological steadfastness. Its practitioners can’t be outrightly supportive of the popular sentiment in Kashmir and nor can they stand forcefully for Kashmir’s place within India
Rs 27 Lakh in 24 Hrs: A Conman’s Coffer and Blown Cover
On 13 May, a video surfaced on social media sites and evoked a sentimental storm after a man shared his lockdown sob story. Terming NGOs and Trusts as indifferent to his case, his coffer soon got brimmed with donations, before some alert community watchers busted his myth
In Pandemic, Contemporary Kashmiri Writers Getting Added Audience
Some of the finest contemporary Kashmiri writers in English language have passionately used the medium of writing to inspire and bring forth the untold, unheard stories of their homeland. While their writings have been widely recognised and acclaimed, they’re finding a new and improved readership during pandemic lockdown in the valley
Staff Picks: Plague, Priest, and Peasant
How Kashmir overcame plague when a senile sovereign ordered mantras and painful vaccination as its antidote for oppressed Kashmiris caught in the throes of poverty and panic
Kashmir Artist Voices 4G Demand Through Art
Artist Masood Hussain extends his digital repertoire with the release of his mixed media piece that makes a comment on the handling of the Coronavirus crisis in Kashmir.
Population 7 Million, Ventilators 97, Kashmir Braces For COVID-19
With a population of 68.88 lakh Kashmir Valley has only 97 ventilators installed at all its hospitals to help critically-ill coronavirus patients who require invasive mechanical ventilation to survive.
Finding Inner Peace in the Midst of Anxiety About Covid-19
What if you are not infected? Well…you could practice extreme hygiene, washing your hands every time you come in contact with a surface, object or even a person in public… and hope for the best. Is that all? No it is not.
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