For the past one year, 16 year old Faizan (name changed), a 10th grade student has been smoking cannabis with his friends, all in their teens, at his village in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. His habit was triggered by peer pressure after he saw his friends mixing cannabis with cheap cigarettes and then puffing them….
SRINAGAR, (PTK): The Government of India has decided to call off the ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir that was declared at the beginning of Ramzan. Taking to a social networking site Twitter Rajnath Singh wrote: “The Security Forces are being directed to take all necessary actions as earlier to prevent terrorists from launching attacks and…
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police late on Thursday night released two pictures of three bike-borne men who are suspected to have killed founder of Rising Kashmir Shujaat Bukhari, and sought the public’s help in identifying them. The three militants were caught on a CCTV camera, the police said. The two pictures showed the three men…
“There’s no substitute for a great love who says, ‘No matter what’s wrong with you, you’re welcome at this table.’” — Tom Hanks Here’s the thing about love; it’s hard to put it in words. You have made me believe in happily ever after, I don’t know how to make it any more magical then…
Life has a way of answering questions you didn’t even ask. As I lean upon my 22th birthday and reflect upon my life so far, I find this to be especially true when it comes to relationships. From being the recipient and the perpetrator of heartbreak, to cyclically selecting the wrong type, to over expectation,…
In the early 50s, not long after she had arrived in Bombay (later Mumbai) as a newly-married bride, my mother portrayed Anarkali in a theatrical production. The director, K Asif, happened to see the play and was so taken with her performance that he wanted to cast her as Anarkali in Mughal-e-Azam. Over 200 photos of her…
