Kashmir’s apple industry is facing catastrophe. It needs immediate solution

Kashmir's apple industry, the  backbone of its economy and the livelihood source for hundreds of thousands of families, is facing an existential crisis today....

Climate and bad engineering are crippling Kashmir’s road connectivity

Once again, the Srinagar–Jammu National Highway and the Mughal Road lie crippled under the twin weight of extreme weather and fragile engineering. For Kashmir...

J&K must mainstream DRR in development. If not, it risks major disruptions.

The spate of cloudbursts, flash floods, landslides and damage to the Srinagar–Jammu highway in recent weeks has once again laid bare an uncomfortable truth:...

Kishtwar, Kathua tragedies: J&K must treat its fragile mountains as a climate emergency

The tragic loss of lives and livelihoods in the recent cloudburst and flash flood incidents in Padder (Kishtwar) and Kathua is yet another painful...

Srinagar book festival rekindles Kashmir’s spirit of dialogue and discovery

In a time when societies around the world grapple with polarisation and narrowing spaces for dialogue, the just-concluded Chinar Book Festival in Srinagar has...

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