Tauseef Ahmad

1 month ago | themigrationstory.com | Tauseef Ahmad |Sajid Raina

The recent conflict between India and Pakistan has left migrants in Kashmir’s border areas jobless, stranded and afraid for their futureTauseef AhmadSajid RainaMigrant workers take a break at a construction site in Nusoo village in Bandipora district on May 2, 2025. They came to work here after the roads to the Gurez Valley were closed in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack.

1 month ago | moretoherstory.com | Tauseef Ahmad |Sajid Raina

Baramulla, Kashmir — As the sun sets behind the Pir Panjal mountains, the shadow of war looms over Kashmir’s border villages. In Mohura, a small hamlet near the Line of Control in Uri, a border town roughly 150 kilometres from the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, the shrill cries of a young girl pierce the silence of a relief camp. Her mother, 40-year-old Nargis Begum, was killed two days ago when stray bullets struck their vehicle as the family tried to flee the village.

1 month ago | idronline.org | Sajid Raina |Tauseef Ahmad |Tanupriya Singh

For decades, Kashmiri artists lit up television screens and local stages with their humour, storytelling, and music. Much of this cultural vibrancy stemmed from DD Kashir, a regional branch of the national broadcaster Doordarshan (DD), launched in the year 2000. The channel provided a rare and crucial platform for local talent to perform, earn a livelihood, and reach wider audiences.

1 month ago | twocircles.net | Tauseef Ahmad |Sajid Raina

Tauseef Ahmad and Sajid Raina/ TwoCircles.netUri (Baramulla): “War should never be rejoiced. When the shells hit, they don’t ask your identity,” said Farooq Ahmad, a resident of Kamalkote village, speaking to Twocircles.net as he recounted the chaos that swept Uri in the early hours of May 10, following a sleepless night of intense cross-border shelling. “All night we were praying that this bombardment would stop and the first ray of light would leave.

1 month ago | news-decoder.com | Tauseef Ahmad |Sajid Raina

Reporters in South Asia have risked their lives to report stories for Voice of America. Now, these journalists are left exposed and their stories left untold. The sign on the Voice of America building in Washington 15 June 2020.