A Conversation with Kanta Wazir’ – by Rekha Wazir Kanta Wazir (née Zutshi) was born in Srinagar in March 1930. She married Man Mohan Wazir (1926-2018), an IPS officer of the Jammu & Kashmir cadre, in July 1949. They lived in Srinagar till early 1990, after which they moved to Delhi. On 25th May 2019, […]
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Freda Bedi’s Tryst With Kashmir
By Andrew Whitehead Freda Bedi (1911-1977), mother of film actor Kabir Bedi, was an extraordinary British woman, who fought for India’s freedom. Born as Freda Houlston, to a shopkeeping family in the English Midlands, she fell in love with Baba Pyare Lal Bedi, an Indian fellow student at Oxford University. They soon married and made India […]
Kashmir’s 1947 Women Warriors
An In-Depth Investigative Account of the Women’s Self-Defence Corps (WSDC) By Ajaz Rashid In late October 1947, as tribal raiders breached the Jhelum Valley and Srinagar’s Dogra administration fled overnight, Kashmir faced imminent collapse. With the city plunged into darkness and panic spreading from the sacking of Baramulla, ordinary women refused the role of passive […]
The Forgotten Vanguard of 1947
Conventional histories of the 1947 Kashmir crisis inevitably dwell on high-table diplomacy, the frantic signing of the Instrument of Accession, troop airlifts from Delhi, and elite geopolitical machinations at the United Nations. Yet, in the terrifying interregnum between the abdication of Dogra rule and the arrival of regular soldiers, the survival of Srinagar rested in […]
Living Behind the Screen
We trade real presence for curated perfection, chasing approval from strangers while drifting away from ourselves. Beneath the endless scroll lies a quiet struggle between authentic living and performative display. By Rayees Ahmad Kumar Social media has fundamentally rewritten the architecture of human communication, establishing itself as an undeniable geopolitical, cultural, and economic force. What […]
The Generational Cost of Coerced Matrimony
True marriage in Islam requires uncompromised consent, yet cultural expectations continue to trade dignity for social standing. Until families dismantle this silent coercion, the cycle of fractured homes will quietly repeat. Dr Syed Ubaid Bukhari Marriage is meant to be a bond of peace, not a prison of silence. Choice in life is never a […]
LG Addresses Valedictory Session of J&K GCC Summit 2026
Jammu Kashmir is open and ready for Global Capability Centres. I am fully confident that in the next 10 years, Global Capability Centres can become a vital part of Jammu Kashmir’s industrial ecosystem: LG Sinha Jammu: The Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today addressed the Valedictory Session of the J&K Global Capability Centre (GCC) Summit 2026. […]
CJ calls for greater representation of women in legal profession
Kashmir Advocates Association to induct five women into executive body Srinagar, Oct 10: Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati, on Saturday called for greater participation of women in the legal profession and urged judicial institutions to embrace technology to meet changing societal expectations. Addressing a […]
Money, Morality, and Mindset
True prosperity cannot be measured solely by financial capital or material assets. To understand genuine well-being, we must examine how ethical values, mental contentment, and institutional equity shape human abundance. By Abid Hussain Rather In contemporary global discourse, the concepts of wealth and poverty are almost universally framed around financial capital, accumulated assets, and material […]
The Dranga Network
Guarding the treacherous alpine gateways of Kashmir, these fortified stations formed an unyielding first line of defense. By leveraging rugged chokepoints, small frontier garrisons successfully turned back massive invading forces and secured the kingdom. By Dr. Zahid Iqbal Sheikh The mountainous geography of Kashmir has long dictated the political, military, and administrative destiny of its […]