With the sudden scenic shift, the fresh snowfall has brought out a lot of emotions in Kashmir. Just before dawn, muezzin wakes up to check the clock. The septuagenarian grabs his phone on the side of his bed and gets up to perform ablution. He puts on his pheran before stepping out for the wake-up…
From a patient on an oxygen cylinder to a student on exam preparation, the โpowerlessโ winter is once again keeping life hostage to the fair-weather system and grid in the valley. In her candlelit room, Shazia is sitting anxiously. The 26-year-old is a prospective PhD scholar and has recently enrolled for online classes on Unacademy…
What worries the farmers is the damage to apple trees that are yet to be pruned. SRINAGAR โ Early snowfall in the upper reaches of south Kashmirโs Shopian district is proving devastating for the apple farmers with the โuntimelyโ snowfall, damaging the apple trees. The higher reaches of Kashmir valley Saturday received a low to…
I glanced at the overcast sky. The snow was falling as well as accumulating. I wondered at the unicolored landscape. White. What if life were a single colour? What if every person was just one colour? One always happy, another always sad, another wicked and the like? It was an eerily quiet morning. The only…