Kashmir Observer

1 week ago | kashmirobserver.net | Syed Burhan

Srinagar- At the gates of Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran, Indian students, including dozens from Kashmir, boarded buses under grey skies. They had packed quickly, carrying little more than their documents and phones. Some hugged their roommates goodbye. Others looked silently at the road ahead. Their destination was Qom, and then Gilan, a northern province thought to be safer from Israeli airstrikes. From there, officials hope, they might reach the Armenian border.

2 weeks ago | kashmirobserver.net | Syed Burhan

Srinagar- Residents of Tawheed Bagh, near the World Foundation School on New Airport Road, say they have been living under siege for over a month—cut off from the rest of Srinagar due to an unfinished drainage project by the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC). According to residents, their only approach road remains blocked, leaving families, children, and the elderly in distress. “This is not just a civic failure—it is a violation of our basic rights,” said Prof.

2 weeks ago | kashmirobserver.net | Syed Burhan

For months, the lights at Kashmir University stayed on longer than usual. Some floors never went dark at all. In half-lit offices, people shuffled papers in silence. Inside the Examination Wing, two clerks argued over a typo on an old degree certificate. Across the hall, a group of junior staff took turns rechecking data on final-year pass percentages. No one was waiting for an exam or the results of an entrance test. And yet, everything felt like a deadline.

2 weeks ago | kashmirobserver.net | Syed Burhan

Anam Altaf (name changed) is only 9. But on a hot Tuesday afternoon, she came home from school – sick, dizzy, and unable to open her eyes. Her father, Mohammad Altaf, says she told him something no parent wants to hear. “She said they beat her for not bringing a notebook,” he said. Anam studies in Class 3 at Presentation Convent Higher Secondary School, one of the most reputed girls’ schools in Srinagar.

3 weeks ago | kashmirobserver.net | Syed Burhan

The sun came up slowly over Srinagar on Saturday. The sky was clear, the breeze light. It should have been a loud morning. The kind where sheep bleat in every lane and smoke rises early from kitchens. But this time, the valley felt still. Eid-ul-Azha, one of the most important days on the calendar, passed like a whisper through Kashmir. At the Hazratbal Shrine, thousands gathered for prayer. The lawns were full, the imam’s voice echoed across the lake.