Life & Culture
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195Kashmir police sustains war on cannabis, poppy
Kainaat Mushtaq SRINAGAR, July 27: Policemen armed with sickles, sticks and guns are swooping on the sprawling fields of North Kashmir, not...
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233Heritage on display: a peep into resilient Kashmir
Rakib Altaf SRINAGAR, June 21: At a time when changing lifestyles are being blamed for declining tolerance levels, a Kashmiri woman has...
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366Memorabilia: Kashmir golf course has a tale of yore
SRINAGAR, June 21: More than 65 years have passed since the last Dogra ruler ended his reign in Kashmir, but its vestiges...
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81Reserved seats in buses: Women jostle with males in Kashmir
Shreen Hamdani SRINAGAR, June 16: Even months after directions were issued by the traffic police, Kashmir’s women say they can hardly take...
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386Khraaw, Kasaab and Wukhul: Revisit medieval Kashmir
Ashiq Hussain SRINAGAR, June 14: The latticed windows of Sangarmal complex in Srinagar these days are providing a unique opportunity to sneak-peek...
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188Kashmiri women take to purdah, the trendy way
Rakib Altaf SRINAGAR, June 4: In the nineties, when the Ultra-Islamic group Dukhtaran-e-Millat (daughters of the nation) tried to enforce a Purdah...
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1791Souvenirs of the rebellion: Kashmir villages that changed names
Sheikh Saqlain SRINAGAR, May 26: With its raging guns having fallen nearly silent, calm might be descending on Kashmir. But nothing will...
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1051Victims of a forgotten struggle: Kashmiri boy’s family battles fate
Rifat Mohidin SRINAGAR, May 25: In a decrepit two storeyed house in the congested Maisuma locality of Srinagar Yawar Ibrahim Bhat has...
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Kashmir’s own Florence Nightingale
Rakib Altaf SRINAGAR, May 24: In a materialistic world, her emotions drove her work. And in her quest to lend a hand,...
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Want to quit smoking, call anyway!
Dr. Arif Maghribi SRINAGAR, May 16: Kashmir holds the dubious distinction of having the largest number of passive smokers and a lot...