Authoritarian Parenting
Parenting influences children’s development; extreme control may harm mental health balance and understanding, fostering growth. Batool Andrabi writes about ‘toxic parenting’ in Kashmir Parenting...
View ArticleKashmir’s Drifting Generation
Kashmir’s students face a widening gap between personal ambition and systemic pressure, reports Lilac Ali A classroom for Kashmir girl students Sayim walked into university with unshakable clarity of...
View ArticleThe Hajj That Was
From medieval sultans to wandering mystics, Kashmir’s long relationship with the Hajj made it both a way-station for Makkah-bound Central Asian pilgrims and a launch-pad for remarkable Kashmiri...
View ArticleKashmir Gen Next: Noise over Direction
A generation armed with more information than ever still finds itself adrift, not from indifference, but from the weight of everything at once, writes Lilac Ali A group of Kashmir students in a...
View ArticleKashmir: Dreams on Hold
When India’s most competitive medical entrance exam collapses for the first time in history, Kashmir’s students, already navigating a maze of reservations, competing exams, and post-2019 uncertainty,...
View ArticleBanihal To Bonn, A Kashmir Scientist’s Story
A boy from a landless shepherd community in a Banihal mountain village, where only four of 53 classmates passed Class 10, is now reshaping how the world understands Himalayan disaster risk, reports...
View ArticleKashmir and Bangladesh: Binding Threads
Kashmir and Bangladesh sit at opposite ends of the Himalayan arc, yet their ties run deep and old. Medical students, apple traders, accidental models, and a founding family link the two. Masood Hussain...
View ArticleKashmiris at Sea
From the still shikara waters of Dal Lake to the high-stakes Strait of Hormuz, a quiet generation of Kashmiri men is navigating some of the world’s most volatile sea lanes. Raised in a landlocked...
View ArticleCareers After 12th: 5 Top Career Choices for Students Passionate About Chemistry
by Dr Nisar Farhad Chemistry students after 12th can pursue rewarding careers in pharmaceuticals, chemical engineering, environmental science, food technology, and research, combining scientific...
View Article‘Each Cell has Its Own Autonomy, but It gets Disrupted If Other Processes Fail’
After spending many years searching for plausible explanations for the make and break within DNA, Dr Altaf Bhat, the Coordinator at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations (CIRI) at...
View ArticleMass Expulsions Shatter Dreams: Indian Medical Students Allege Financial...
SRINAGAR: More than 200 Indian students studying at Bashkir State Medical University in Ufa, Russia, are returning home in despair after a wave of mass expulsions shattered their aspirations to become...
View ArticleExploring Faith, Embracing Diversity
Kashmiri scholar, Taha Firdous Shah dared to defy conventions and explore the intersections of faith, culture, and identity through religious studies writes Mujtaba Hussain Taha Firdous Shah’s journey...
View ArticleDreams Beyond Kashmir
Sana Shah’s journey from Srinagar to a fully-funded PhD at Oxford is a tale of transition from non-medical studies to social science expertise, as detailed by Umaima Reshi Hailing from Magarmal Bagh,...
View ArticleAn Artist, An Architect
Right decisions at the right time and a consistent effort at improving his profile helped Taha Mughal to study architecture at the best places on earth, writes Hashim Bilal Taha Mughal, an architect...
View ArticleNano Aspirations
Schooled in South Kashmir’s Tral, Samiullah did his engineering and later pursued higher studies in nanotechnology. Currently a research associate at the UK’s University of Bristol, he is busy with a...
View ArticleThe Road Less Travelled
In Kashmîr, some brave men and women give up their jobs with disposable incomes and get into sustainable entrepreneurial activities. Babra Wani explores tales of resilience, determination, and the...
View ArticleDoctor’s Civil Service
The only son of his parents, Ghulam Maya Din (Mohiuddin) wanted to be an engineer but landed in a medical school. While bracing for civil services, he cracked JKAS. Serving as BDO in Kupwara, he...
View ArticleKashmir: Career Coercion
With career options shrinking to quite a few in Kashmir, scores of students are attempting to achieve targets their parents failed to hit for one or the other reason. This has led to rise of a...
View ArticleTracing A Difference
A young Kashmiri, currently studying in the best institution in Hungary said he hopes to run a start-up that will help skill the already-educationte youth, Umaima Reshi reports Srinagar-born young man,...
View ArticleHow to Become A Fashion Journalist?
by Vijay GarG Fashion journalists are responsible for preparing editorials for fashion magazines, books, television, websites, blogs, and lifestyle sections of newspapers. Most fashion journalists end...
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