I hear a low rumbling noise, the same my grandmother so dreaded of. They must be at it againโ the worldโs largest pickle factory, deftly manufacturing history. The news of his death lies deserted on the streets; Newsstands are selling the first snowfall in Kashmir. I see the sinews of the earth, moving beneath my…
Two boats of two eras saved lives in Kashmir caught in two pestilence periods. But between Now and Then, the vale is struggling to come out of the Shakespearean curse: โA plague on both your houses.โย The change was sudden and shocking. The man who till yesterday would plead the case of his community had…
At a time when the second wave of the COVID-19 has enforced another lockdown in Kashmir, Bollywood continues its dream voyage in the restricted valley.ย โNaya Kashmirโ witnessed an old reality with the resurgence of Bollywood this year.ย Many big banners beckoned by both North Block and Raj Bhavan arrived in droves to invest in…
Living up to his word and wish to meet his sonโs fate, Mohammad Ashraf Khan Sehrai passed away in the seclusion of his captivity. His demise has only drawn curtains over the sixty-year-long eventful political career dented by detentions. Kashmirโs deserted streets amid another lockdown seem to have retreated a year back to the holy…
As young are increasingly falling to the second viral wave in Kashmir, the health infrastructure of the region directly controlled by Delhi has once again made it a desperate situation for the lockdown-laden people. A telling image made much noise on social media lately when efforts were being made to stockpile oxygen in the valley.…
Kashmirโs community concern and crisis management is once again becoming a silver lining amid the gloom created by the second Covid wave. As pyre-lit crematoriums are running short of spaces and JCBs digging โmass gravesโ in cemeteries, a Kashmiri trader is firefighting for life amid Delhiโs deadly wave. Mushtaq Khan is mobilising welfare support for…
After cementing his place as a prodigy whose math mettle won him accolades throughout his academic career, an erudite son of a letterless family is now out to flip the field he served for nearly half a century. Unlike a delusional nerd aspiring to break canons with his mental tryouts, thereโs no eccentricity in Shabaz…
Kashmirโs iconic Maharaj Gunj isnโt just a massive marketplace, but the old world space where the characters and characteristics of yore continue to dominate the pulse of life. Tune in to this MI podcast to listen to the witness recounting the bazaarโs bygone life.