โMany people made it, some fell and died while battling. The Covid-19 is the biggest nightmare of any survivor. There are injuries that the past year has inflicted upon humankind and the battle is not over yet.โ Such were the times, recounts Aqib as he arrives to offer prayers for the departed soul of his…
The year branded for the so-called โMission 2020โ ended up unleashing another crippling phase in Kashmir. Amid paralysis, the valley stood resilient despite strife bleeding it through a thousand cuts. After surviving sixteen-month-long lockdownโthe phase she mostly fended for herself indoors amid flaring up moods and depressive phasesโZainab Nisar is finally breathing easy in her…
As an undisguised commoner on streets, a Kashmiri girl is keeping the community spirit alive in a pandemic with her kind acts. Novel coronavirus had just returned with vengeance and enforced another lockdown in Kashmir when a young mother admitted in Srinagarโs Gousia Hospital was getting anxious about her newborn. Shortage of baby food and…
To counter the lockdown-created destitution, one man has taken up the responsibility of 62 neighbourhoods in Kashmir. In a hot and humid summer day in Srinagar, a boy in his early 20sโwearing shabby clothes and holding a paper slipโwas looking for a man whose address he was carrying in his palm. He walked past the…
They collect charity during the day and deliver it at the doorsteps of the needy in the dead of the night. As the invisible enemy behind the โThird World Warโ stormed the valley in the spring of 2020, Maimoona grew fretful. Mindful of her dried-up ration stock, hungry kids, and no scope of work in…
With uncertainty all around us, the entire world has come to a standstill. Countries across the globe, barring a few, are either under a complete or a partial lockdown. From trade and commerce to politics and education, and even to the closure of places of worship, every aspect of human life has been affected. With…
From the past few weeks, nearly every human being on this planet is living a thought that reigns our mind eerily. The global populace, the normal lifeโ as it is suggestedโ was in a rush about almost everything. The rush, if you did not participate at whatever pace, meant that you were lagging behind. That…