Very important thread on what is at play at #Haldwani Uttarakhand, where an eviction order by high court threatens to make over 50K people homeless.

Iconic poet of the Kashmiri language Rehman Rahi died today aged 98. Notwithstanding his silence on public issues of importance, he was a great poet. My April 2017 interview with Rahi addressed this theme and much more. Read 👇 #Kashmir wandemag.com/poets-poltics-…

Jhelum

Good old batte!

My story with Khalidkhan looks at the opening of a new multiplex in Srinagar and asks if it will revive the region's cinema culture that had taken a back seat in the last three decades of strife. For Himal Southasian Watch 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=X_F0rw…

During the 1990s, Kashmir boasted several popular cinema halls such as Broadway, Palladium, Neelam and Regal, but they were shut down when insurgency and violence gripped the region. Irfan Mehraj and @KhalidHkhan_ on Kashmir's cinema culture. FULL: himalmag.com/new-multiplex-…

Drung Waterfall

Cinemas finally returned in Kashmir after nearly three decades, when the first multiplex was opened in Srinagar in September 2022. Will a new multiplex revive Kashmir’s cinema culture? Irfan Mehraj and Khalidkhan report. FULL: himalmag.com/new-multiplex-…

This gesture of the young boy is second to none. Hospitality finds its true meaning in Afghanistan 🇦🇫

Pampore ❤️

India-administered Kashmir opened its first multiplex in September 2022 after nearly three decades. Will a new multiplex revive Kashmir’s cinema culture? 📹 Irfan Mehraj and Khalidkhan report. FULL: himalmag.com/new-multiplex-…

Winter in Kashmir Drop snow pictures ❄️

Beautiful footage of Mt K2 (8611 m) CIV (~7950 m). Skyang Kangri, AKA Staircase Peak, comes into view on the Chinese border near the end of the clip!🙏 Video ©: Terray Sylvester.

Winter in Kashmir Drop snow pictures ❄️

Sameer Ahmad Dar of Mehjoor Nagar Bund #Srinagar pleaded before admin to spare poor people in 'anti-encroachment' drives.He runs scrap business along with 5 partners & has bank loans.200 families (150 non-locals) are dependent on them. His premises were demolished. #Kashmir

This area of Turkey is prone to earthquakes as it lies at the intersection of three of the tectonic plates that make up the Earth’s crust: the Anatolian, Arabian and African plates. Read the details 👇 #Turkey #Earthquakes boomlive.in/explainers/tur…

I lost around 50 members of my family in the earthquake, including my first and second degree relatives. We still have relatives under the rubble waiting to be rescued. 💔 #Antakya #Hatay

An in-depth look at how the ground moved after the massive #Turkey #earthquake. The 300km long rupture cut through towns and villages that sat along the fault line. reuters.com/graphics/TURKE…

From National Geographic Magazine, 1948. The Saffron fields of Pampore.

An ADG PI - INDIAN ARMY court of inquiry has recommended life imprisonment for a Captain accused of murdering 3 #Kashmiri labourers after passing them off as terrorists. In Jan 2021 Auqib Javeed & Irfan Mehraj had reported the holes in the army's claims. article-14.com/post/the-anato… 1/6