Syed Mohammad Burhan - January 21, 2023
While exciting, the transition from employee to entrepreneur was not an easy one as Rigzin discovered. Being self-taught comes with its own unique set of challenges. Every initial step was a lesson in patience and perseverance
Press Trust of India - July 11, 2022
India, which will surpass China as the world’s most populous nation by 2023, is projected to have a population of 1.668 billion in 2050, way ahead of China’s 1.317 billion people by the middle of the century.
Mrinal Pathak - May 19, 2022
Philauri Jaan, a resident of Nepora village in southern Kashmir, was shot at her right ribcage in 1996. Caught in a firefight between militants and military, she was termed as a “collateral damage”. The 12-year-old girl was immediately rushed to Srinagar and remained in a coma for almost two weeks. Due to the unavailability of […]
KO Web Desk - March 17, 2022
By Saumy Tripathi “Hukkus Bukkus Telyi wan tsch kus Onum Battoukh loddoum deygye Hukkus Bukkus Telyi wan tsch kus Onum Battoukh loddoum deygye Shwaas Kichh Kichh Waamgano Bramman Zaaran poyein chhokum Teykes tyakkha banyi kyohow…” This song is akin to Ring-Aring-A Roses, says Sakshi Mattoo as she tells me about Kashmiri Pandits and their culture. […]
Mrinal Pathak - March 16, 2022
Mohammed Haneef, a resident of Pattan area of district Baramulla in north Kashmir, has become a new hope for the specially-abled people of Kashmir. Haneef lost his vision in 2007 due to a reason he does not wish to mention. Since then, the resilient man never looked back and strived to turn his disability into […]
Swati Joshi - February 23, 2022
‘Women in J&K are liberal to join other fields like medical, engineering, media but when it comes to politics there is a stigma.’ In the Lok Sabha elections 2019, only four women from Jammu & Kashmir filed nominations out of which one woman withdrew her nomination and another woman contestant didn’t pay the security deposit. […]
Wajahat Qazi - November 20, 2021
In folklore, he (it is usually a he), is a wanderer, has no real habitat or home, is oblivious to his self. He wears tattered clothes or at times, no clothes at all. When he speaks, he mumbles and at times even becomes aggressive.
KO Web Desk - July 7, 2021
The actor, known to generations of film-goers as ‘tragedy king’ for his portrayal of the brooding, intense romantic in classics such as Mughal-e-Azam and Devdas, had been admitted to the hospital since last Tuesday
KO Web Desk - June 1, 2021
In 1997 when Kashmir Observer was established Iftikhar volunteered to be part of this new media project. He left the job at the clinic to his lieutenants and joined Kashmir Observer as its first General Manager. His foray into media scape was purely out of his passion for Kashmir.
Zaid Bin Shabir - May 25, 2021
Bereft of slapstick comedy, the radio jockey’s social media jesting is setting him apart from the crowd of comics.