Connecting FARM to CAMPUS

Identifying challenges, opportunities and strategies for sustainable farming and profitable marketing of saffron

Dr F. A. Lone/Dr F.A. Nehvi

History of saffron (Crocus sativus ) cultivation in Kashmir dates back to 500 BC and is believed to be brought to India from Persian rulers. Some historians believe that saffron originated in an area extending from  Greece, Turkey, Iran and Central Asia. Saffron as a spice derived from the dried More

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Mir Syed Azizullah Haqni:The Unknown Historian

Prof. Bashir Ahmad Dar

Among the luminaries of the modern Kashmir, Azizullah Haqani occupies an important position. He is a known figure in the religious, spiritual and literary circles. But he has also distinguished himself as a historian. As a historian he has written Latiful Haqani, Naar Nama, Sailab Naama, dervish Naama More

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Do our schools really educate?

A cursory look at our society convinces us that schools have grossly failed

Fazl Illahi

I don’t remember what was done to me when I was in school. The way we turn up later is a reflection of how things would have been in school. A cursory look at our society convinces us that schools have grossly failed. They have not only failed in shaping character- perhaps that is a distant dream More

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Tribute to my GRANDFATHER

He worked for the welfare of his people

Mir Imaad Rafi

I didn’t see him when he was alive. Whatever I know of him is through my father and my maternal grandfather and of course, his supporters across south Kashmir. And something inside me provokes me to write about him. My grandfather Mr Ghulam Ahmad Mir was born on May 1910 at Sallar to Ghulam Mohiuddin More

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• Kashmir

• Srinagar City

• Jammu

• South Asia