Ground Report | New Delhi: Is Facebook Dying? Facebook has been around for about 18 years since it was first started in 2004. The story of how it came into being is quite remarkable told in David Fincher’s oscar-winning movie called ‘The Social Network. Since, its inception, the social media platform has grown significantly, beyond … Read more
Back one fine September noon in 2015 Saima (name changed) was in the first year of her college when oneday her teachers summoned her to the staff room. When Saima entered the dimly lit room she had no idea why she was called there. Upon entering a male teacher told her to sit on a … Read more
For six years old Fazi* (name changed), using a mobile phone has become a part of her daily life. Although an electronic gazette, but how the minor uses it, is a bigger worry for her parents. Fazi was barely two when her mother showed her a clip on a mobile phone that quickly grabbed the … Read more
With the introduction of industries, new technologies and methods have been introduced in the farming sector which is adopted by farmers for making farming a dependable source of income and secure employment. But in recent times, indiscriminate use of chemicals in the form of fertilizers and pesticides in agriculture has ruined the soil and killed … Read more
It is said that the evolution of Kashmiri literature began more than 600 years ago. When in West the concept of poetry had just begun, in Kashmir Lalla Ded had already started the revolution and she was rising as the first philosophical poetess from Kashmir. But maybe it can be termed as the “Irony of … Read more
Like other states the impact of climate change in Kashmir is very much visible as a drastic reduction in yields of crops like rice, maize, wheat, barley, pulses and oilseeds can be seen. The impact is also very serious because the area of Kashmir is mono- cropped.This article will try to highlight some of the … Read more
Sai* (name withheld) was going through her friends’ stories on Instagram when suddenly she came across a sponsored story. The story had a video of some “beautiful” outfits and Sai could not contain her patience and clicked on the page. The page was full of aesthetic videos of beautiful dresses that prompted her to see … Read more
Sitting on a bench outside a neurological clinic, Mah* (name withheld) is rubbing her hands. As she waits patiently there with her mother, finally her name is called and she rushes in to get checked up. Mah, 22, hails from the Downtown area of Srinagar and suffers from migraine. She has been suffering from the … Read more
Rah (name changed) was an avid user of Snapchat not for the application but for the filters. The 22 years old used to wake up every morning to click a “selfie” through Snapchat and send it to her boyfriend. “The beauty filters I used made me look really beautiful. So beautiful that I couldn’t believe … Read more
The ascomycete fungus Venturia inaequalis is the common cause of apple scab, a disease that affects a lot of plants in the rose family (Rosaceae). Although several plant genera, including Sorbus, Cotoneaster, and Pyrus, are affected by this disease, it is most frequently linked to the infection of Malus trees, especially cultivars of flowering crabapple … Read more
