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The Honey Money Khalid Bashir Gura Hectic and labour intense, beekeeping in Kashmir gives good returns as well.KL Image:Bilal Bhadur At a time when people are finding ways to boost immunity against Covid-19, especially in winters, honey is in demand. But the question that haunts consumers most is how pure is it, especially the corporate honey. People want to be sure that they are not consuming sugar. The recent report of adulteration by India’s leading honey brands to maximise profits have made people sceptical.  Brands that made negative news include Dabur, Patanjali, Baidyanath, an...

The Raffughar While obediently following his parents’ dreams of chasing for a medical school seat, a young boy was fascinated by a painter’s brush. Finally, when he talked about his desires, the family threw a canvas before him. Within years he emerged with Raffughar, a new upmarket Kashmir brand, reports Khalid Bashir Gura Wajahat Hussain Rather, the man behind the Raffughar label More than three decades ago, a little boy would routinely linger around signboard painters and watch keenly how they moved brushes, choose colours and created designs.  Now, Wajahat Hussain Rather, 39, ...

Rahul Pandita’s ‘Our Moon Has Blood Clots’ vis-à-vis Khalid Bashir’s ‘Kashmir: Exposing the Myth Behind the Narrative’ In the month of October I was searching for books on Kashmir on an online book store. I zeroed in on two books, one by Rahul Pandita, ‘Our Moon Has Blood Clots’, and the second by erstwhile GK columnist and noted poet-cum-historian Khalid Bashir, ‘Kashmir: Exposing the Myth Behind the Narrative’. Now I had a choice to make: which one to read first? I decided to read Rahul Pandita’s book before Khalid’s as it was smaller in terms of number of pages.

Cast In Stone Khalid Bashir Gura Pather Masjid in the heart of Srinagar is the only living monument f Mughal architecture in Kashmir. KL Image: Bilal Bahadur Pathar Masjid (The Stone Mosque) is one of Srinagar’s key infrastructures of faith and culture. Built by Nur Jahan, the queen wife of Mughal emperor Jahangir, in 1623 AD, the mosque is also known as Naev Masjid (New Mosque) and Shahi-i- Masjid (Royal Mosque) as well This is perhaps the only mosque other than Jamia Masjid that is mentioned in history, repeatedly. The mosque may escape ones attention as it is fenced and shaded fro...

Meet The Orphan Who Topped SSB’s Panchayat Accountants Examination Khalid Bashir Gura SRINAGAR: After the elected government crumbled under its won weight, the government halted the process of hiring people. The long lull broke when the JKSSB Panchayat Accounts Assistant examination was held on November 10 for 1,889 vacancies for the 2020 recruitment programme. As many as 1, 64,055 candidates had appeared for the OMR based exam. Abdul Shakoor Itoo The candidates who qualified in the exam will now be appointed for or District Cadre Posts of Accounts Assistant (Panchayat) in the Depart...