Passing By

‘I wept like a baby when I saw soldiers trampling on bodies’

‘I wept like a baby when I saw soldiers trampling on bodies’

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 […]

‘Conflict is one of the main sources of cancer in Kashmir’

‘Conflict is one of the main sources of cancer in Kashmir’

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 […]

‘Activism kills journalism’ 

‘Activism kills journalism’ 

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 […]

‘You need to tell stories in real time’

‘You need to tell stories in real time’

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 […]

‘Corruption in Kashmir is State-sponsored’

‘Corruption in Kashmir is State-sponsored’

‘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, […]