Life & Culture
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93Gulzar Opens Ladakh Film Fest, Omar Abdullah Absent
LEH: Noted lyricist-writer-filmmaker Gulzar Friday lit the lamp to open the second edition of the Ladakh International Film Festival (LIFF) here in...
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Movies Amid Mountains – Ladakh Film Fest Races Against Odds (Curtain Raiser)
LEH: A film festival in Ladakh? To many, it comes as a surprise. But for the organisers of the Ladakh International Film...
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89World Suicide Prevention Day: In Kashmir, Numbers Soar
September 10 is observed as the World Suicide Prevention Day, in order to provide worldwide commitment and action to prevent suicides, with...
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Kashmir Schoolgirl Who Shooed Away A ‘Ghoul’
Ashiq Hussain SRINAGAR: “Kansar ha gachi (You’ll be afflicted by Cancer),” she shouted, and unnerved the policeman. He did not dare to...
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155A Year On, No Bells Ring in Kashmir School After Teacher’s Death
Idrees Bukhtiyar BARAMULLA: For the past more than a year, school bells have not rung for the children of this remote village...
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1061Will Kashmiris Support Parvez Rasool Now?
Pervez Rasool has become the first Kashmiri to be selected for the main Indian cricket team. But what will it mean for...
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1594My Son Died on The Spot, His Brain Matter Was Out: Kashmir Father
“I want to request you, the media. I know you cannot do anything, but at least tell others, tell the world what...
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‘Mr. Prime Minister, You Shouldn’t Have Come to Kashmir’
“See, how quiet the waters are,” the boatman says, sitting in his shikara – an ornately-decorated and canopied traditional Kashmir boat named...
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At Rahul’s Function, A Little Mess, A Little Truth
“Jahaan Bedard Haakim Ho, Wahaan Faryaad Kya Karna (There lies no appeal to a tyrant).” Rakib Altaf SRINAGAR: At the Budgam sports...
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1641Modern Kashmiri Weddings: Buffet Making Inroads
Rakib Altaf SRINAGAR: Kashmir’s famed cuisine Wazwan, a multi-course meal traditionally served to groups of four, is slowly adopting the buffet system....