Sordid ordeal of a mother whose son disappeared in thin air
Srinagar, Apr 22: Political conflicts often reduce women to being the “symbols of suffering”, and in Kashmir too the situation is no different. Here too thousands of women have lost their dear ones –fathers, brothers, husbands and sons — to the conflict that has been raging for nearly three decades now. While the trauma […]
The man who holds on to a dying art of fabric printing in Kashmir
Srinagar: In an age of computer controlled mechanized fabric printing, certain people still continue to hold on to the traditional printing using wooden blocks. Mohammad Yusuf is one such artisan, locally known as Naqash here. Picking up different types of hand-carved wooden printing blocks, Yusuf is busy putting different designs on a piece of fabric. […]
Internet Blockade in Kashmir
Vox Populi Internet has become the third place for most of the people in the world, after their home and workplace, where they tend to spend major portion of their free time. Also, the internet is the most convenient place for the dissent to start and given this convenient feature of the internet, during a […]
GB Pant Hospital faces acute shortage of staff
Srinagar: Valley’s lone Paediatric hospital has failed to keep pace with the rapidly increasing patient inflow, as it continues to shrink in terms of space; besides, facing an acute shortage of staff. GB Pant Children Hospital in Srinagar is the only medical institution in the Kashmir region that caters to several thousand children every […]
Aroma of ‘natural rosewater’ is fading in Kashmir!
The “sole” shop owner in Srinagar thinks, his may be the last shop
Srinagar, Mar 27: Tucked in a corner of a heritage house at Fatehkadal area of Srinagar, the shop ‘Ark-e-Gulab’ remains filled with the aroma of fresh roses as Aziz Ahmad Kozgar refuses to part with the legacy of making and selling ‘indigenous’ rosewater here. Kozgar told ‘Kashmir Images’ that his shop might be the last […]
Toilet facility in GB Pant Hospital turns into garbage dump
How good is health of our health centres…
SRINAGAR – The lack of proper toilet facility in Kashmir’s lone paediatric hospital has become a major inconvenience for the patients and attendants alike. According to the families whose patients are admitted in GB Pant, Children Hospital in Sonwar, Srinagar, the toilet facility in the hospital premises is in a very bad condition and this […]
KRF observes hunger strike against killings
Srinagar: Day long hunger strike was observed by Kashmiri Hindus in solidarity with Kashmiri Muslim at press colony on Saturday. The sit in protest was organised against the bloodshed Kashmir is witnessing. Dr. Sandeep Mawa, Chairman Jammu and Kashmir Reconciliation Front (KRF), the group that had organized the sit in, said, Kashmir has suffered great […]
Have courage, talk about child sexual abuse!
Like elsewhere, CSA is an unfortunate reality in Kashmir, but people rarely talk about it
Srinagar, Mar 15: Recalling the events when her soul was torn apart is like opening her deepest wounds. She was nine when she first realized how vulnerable she was as a girl! Rifat Hayat (name changed), 23, struggles to speak about what she terms as the worst phase of her life. She is hesitant about […]
