Photo: Faisal Khan With a career spanning four decades, veteran photojournalist Mehraj-ud-Din has covered Kashmir in its dangerous, heart-breaking, and sometimes unforgiving hues. Hailing from downtown Srinagar’s Nawab Bazaar area, Mehraj who works with world’s leading news agency, the AP, sat with Kashmir Narrator. Excerpts: Tell us how you started your career in journalism. What […]
Photo: Zargar Zahoor Prof Ashaq Hussain Naqshbandi, ex-Principal Government Medical College Srinagar and a founding member of the Cancer Society of Kashmir, speaks about the rise of cancers in Kashmir in a conversation with Aasif Sultan Do you think healthcare is a priority in Kashmir? No government has health and education as a priority. It […]
By Aasif Sultan Abdul Hamid Bhat, 52, a Kashmiri businessman-cum-environmental activist, has travelled to different parts of the world to spread his ideas about a greener world. Aasif Sultan spoke to this school dropout about his mission. Your brief introduction. I was born and brought up in Batamaloo area of Srinagar. I failed in my […]
Nissar Ahmad, 53, has been telling the story of Kashmir through his lens since the onset of insurgency in the Valley in 1990. A veteran photojournalist, Nissar is an eyewitness to the horrors of the ‘90s. He shares his thoughts with Aasif Sultan When did you start your journalistic journey? I have worked for more than three […]
Mugees Ahmad Mir, a young militant commander of Kashmir, was killed in a shootout on the city outskirts on 17 November, according to the police, more than a year and a half after he left home. Aasif Sultan speaks to Mugees’s mother Hajra Banu about her son Q Did you ever ask him to return home? […]
Suhail Akram did his Masters in mass communication from Kashmir University. Currently, he works as Global Engager with AlJazeera Plus. Before that, he was a newscaster with Doordarshan and has also worked at BBC. Suhail shares his thoughts and experiences with Aasif Sultan Q: Having been in some top news organisations and that too at […]
Syed Nassarullah Shah is an environmental activist and vice president of an NGO, Environment Policy Group. The group claims to create public awareness about environmental issues in the Valley and get the government to act on them. Aasif Sultan caught up with him at his office and spoke to him on several environment-related issues. Q […]
Arshie Qureshi spoke to Shahid Rasool about his experience of studying in the US where he did his Master’s. Shahid was recently appointed Director, Commonwealth Education Media Centre for Asia, CEMCA. Before this, he was heading the EMMRC at Kashmir University Q Share with us your first-day experience of being in a class of an […]
‘Nature of the government is authoritative, with a strong security apparatus backing it that feeds on corruption. Officials and politicians enjoy de facto impunity here’ Dr. Shaikh Ghulam Rasool, a doctor by profession, has been working as an RTI activist since 2005. He is a founding member and the current head of the JKRTI Movement, […]
Huda ul Nisa in conversation with human rights professional Parvaiz Matta Tell us about your academic background? After graduating in Science I joined Kashmir University in 2003 and did a PG Diploma in Human Rights, HR. At that time there were few people working in the area of HR and because of conflict I thought […]