Photo: Faisal Khan Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai, chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, the main constituent of Syed Ali Geelani-led Hurriyat Conference, is counted among the uncompromising faces in the resistance camp of Kashmir. After differences with his parent organisation Jama’at-e-Islami, Sehrai, 78, detached from it in 2003 and joined Geelani, his lifelong friend, to take his resistance […]
Imran Khan, the cricketer-turned-politician, is these days campaigning for upcoming general elections in Pakistan. Leader of Pakistan’s second-largest party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, the Oxford-educated Khan who captained Pakistan to victory in the 1992 Cricket World Cup, took time off his busy schedule and gave an exclusive interview to senior Pakistani journalist Shafiq Ahmad for Kashmir Narrator. […]
Prof Jalees Ahmad Khan Tareen, ex-Vice-Chancellor of Kashmir University, spoke to Narrator over phone from Mysore about the past, present and future of the varsity he headed from 2001 to 2004. Here are the excerpts: Q Many people consider appointment of a VC for KU as politically motivated. How true is it? At least mine […]
Of late, many educational institutions in Kashmir are switching over from the J&K Board of School Education (BOSE) to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in search of quality education. Though some believe that the switchover is to “saffronise education in Kashmir” and to mint quick bucks, there are many who argue that BOSE has […]
Kashmir Narrator spoke to United Jihad Council chief Syed Salahuddin in Muzaffarabad over a range of issues. The interview was conducted few days before Al-Qaida announced its presence in Kashmir Q: The US recently designated you a global terrorist. What is your reaction to it? The US move is legally groundless and morally unjustified. Instead of […]
An increasing number of women in Kashmir, many of them in their late teens or early twenties, are reporting ovarian cysts. The condition is medically called Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, PCOS. Apart from negative changes in lifestyle, experts say Kashmiri women are genetically-predisposed towards PCOS. The good news is that timely detection and following a long-term […]
Prof Shad Ramzan teaches cultural history of Kashmir, Sufi poetry and folk literature at Kashmiri Department, Kashmir University. In a detailed conversation with Aasif Sultan, Prof Shad talks of the issues facing Kashmiri language and tells us why he is optimistic about its survival Q Everybody talks about promoting our mother tongue, but the ground situation […]
Soon after the July 2016 uprising, the State found a soft target: the media. The Internet and mobile connectivity was snapped for several months. Printing presses of some leading dailies were sealed and these papers couldn’t be published for several days. Later, English language newspaper Kashmir Reader was banned by a written government order. All […]
With over 15,000 civilians injured in violence by State forces since July 2016, hospitals across Kashmir have had to cope with unprecedented medical emergencies. The injured include over 1,000 youth whose eyes have been damaged in shrapnel showers red from pellet guns usually used for hunting birds. Some of these victims will never be able […]
Dr Mohammad Qasim Faktoo is Kashmir’s longest serving prisoner. Born in downtown Srinagar in 1967, he has spent around 23 years in jail. It was jail, where he did his post-graduation and then doctorate in Islamic studies. He believes that the solution to Kashmir dispute does not lie in granting independence to the disputed state […]