Food & Cuisine
Srinagar Cafe Culture and What a Coffee Costs Now
A friend from Delhi asked me last March where to find a decent flat white in Srinagar, then looked genuinely irritated when I...
Lifestyle and entertainment writer
Amir covers lifestyle, entertainment and the contemporary culture of South Asia. He is particularly interested in how tradition and modern life intersect in cities like Srinagar.
Food & Cuisine
A friend from Delhi asked me last March where to find a decent flat white in Srinagar, then looked genuinely irritated when I...
Travel
The first time I went to Yusmarg, I left Srinagar at eleven, spent an hour stuck behind a wedding procession near...
Culture
Drive south from Srinagar toward Pahalgam and the roadside suddenly fills with stacks of pale wooden blocks drying in the sun.
Entertainment
You have heard the sound on a film soundtrack or a meditation playlist, bright and shimmering like water over stones, and you...
Entertainment
Most visitors to Srinagar hear Bollywood songs in taxis and shikara boats and leave without ever hearing Sufiana Kalam, the...
Entertainment
Most visitors to Kashmir hear plenty of recorded film songs in taxis and shops, then fly home without ever hearing the music...