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Athletes Wither Under Government Apathy
He dreamed of one day running on international athletic tracks and worked hard for seven long years to make this a reality. Tanveer Hussain, one of Kashmir’s top athlete’s, ran a 100-kilometre...
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Bashir Ahmad Malik was flabbergasted when a helicopter carrying an Indian official from Kashmir’s summer capital of Srinagar landed in his resident Drang village, just 17 miles away from its point of...
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When the Health System Is Taken Ill
Government hospitals in Kashmir are mostly visited by the poor. Credit: Athar Parvaiz/IPSLeaning on her daughter’s arm in the post-operative ward of a hospital in Srinagar, capital of the northern...
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Running Away from TB Treatment
An elderly TB patient at the Srinagar-based Chest Diseases Hospital in the Indian state of Kashmir. Credit: Athar Parvaiz/IPSTwenty-three-year-old Haleema (not her real name) was not the first female...
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Depression Casts Cloak of Infertility Over Kashmir Valley
Of the 100 patients seen at Kashmir’s psychiatric facilities each day, roughly 75 are women. Credit: Shazia Yousuf/IPSBy Shazia YousufSRINAGAR, India, Nov 19 2014 (IPS)It was almost midnight when...
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Kashmiri Women Suffering a Surge in Gender-Based Violence
A billboard in the northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir promotes gender equality and protests violence against women. Credit: Athar Parvaiz/IPSBy Athar ParvaizSRINAGAR, India, Jul 17 2015...
View ArticleClimate Change Leaves Kashmir’s Economy High and Dry
Trudging barefoot on his two-acre piece of land, 57-year-old Mukhtar Ahmad has little hope of growing any crops this year due to the sudden dry spell that has struck Kashmir’s winter. Floods in 2014...
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“Non-lethal” Pellet Guns Maim Hundreds in Kashmiri Protests
X-ray of a pellet victim injured during the current protests in Kashmir. Credit: Umar Shah/IPSBy Umar ShahSRINAGAR, Aug 5 2016 (IPS)Hospitals in Kashmir’s summer capital are packed to capacity these...
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Shrinking and Darkening, the Plight of Kashmir’s Dying Lakes
Fayaz Ahmad Khanday plucks a lotus stem from Wullar Lake in India’s Kashmir. He says the fish population has fallen drastically in recent years. Credit: Umer Asif/IPSBy Umar ShahSRINAGAR, Feb 22 2017...
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Kashmir’s Farmland Plowed Under in Wave of Urbanization
New construction goes on unabated in central Kashmir’s Shalteng area where people have given up farming and are selling their lands for development. Credit: Umer Asif/IPSBy Umar Manzoor ShahSRINAGAR,...
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Fear and Uncertainty Grip Rohingya Women in India
Rohingya refugee women in Jammu, India. Credit: Stella Paul/IPSBy Stella PaulJAMMU, India, Mar 6 2018 (IPS)In the semi-lit makeshift tent covered with strips of cardboard, five women sit in a huddle....
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50 Days of Kashmir Under Lockdown – in Pictures
A boy pedals his bike along the desolated street of old city, which has been epicentre of protests and demonstrations. Credit: Umer Asif/IPSBy Umar Manzoor Shah and Umer AsifSRINAGAR, Kashmir, Sep 23...
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Kashmir’s New Land Laws Could Impact Biodiversity
A saffron farmer in Kashmir poses with saffron crocus flowers. The most expensive spice in the world is derived from the sigma of the purple flower. Credit: Umer Asif/IPS By Peerzada UmmerSRINAGAR,...
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