Discourses impact our lives. They shape our minds and influence our perceptions towards the realities of it. In addition to this, discourses contribute to the construction of our social realities too. Though the influence of media and books is important in the studies of discourses, the impact of cinema, in this regard, demands intellectual curiosity. Cinema’s…
Jammu and Kashmir’s bollywood connection is seen as a romantic history of pre insurgency on the Line of Control. There was a time when this state was the hot destination for the bollywood movies and now is the time when the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti visits Mumbai to urge bollywood film producers and actors to shoot film…
By: Anjali Rai; Edited by: Abrar Bhat Irshad Hijazi a Kashmiri boy has made it to enter into the bollywood as a film maker. Born in 1992 in a remote village Bramri of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, Hijazi went to pursue his maters in mass communication in a college in Dehradun While studying he got…
From 186 students in 2006 to 3500 students enrolled in this year, Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST) located at the hillocks in Awantipora in southern Kashmir is becoming the fastest growing academic institutions in Jammu and Kashmir. From engineering degrees to social sciences, the university is offering job-oriented courses to students and expanding…
SRINAGAR, JUNE 07 (PTK): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh reached Srinagar this morning on a 2-day visit to Jammu & Kashmir. He is accompanied by Union Home Secretary, Rajiv Gauba and other senior officers of the Ministry of Home Affairs. The Home Minister was received by Minister for Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Abdul Rehman Veeri,…
Wahid Bhat I was a stone pelter before picking up gun: Javaid Mir A stone is a stone, but when it flies between a young Kashmiri and a security personnel in Kashmir, it becomes a political statement. Kashmir is back to square one; green flags and loudspeakers playing “Azadi and Jihadi eulogies” has become order…
