Mohsin Kamal, the Cricket Romeo

Mohsin Kamal • Mar 17, 2018 Subhan Sports Stadium-previously known as College Ground Sopore- is one of the premier stadia in the town. It caters to a huge chunk of aspiring sportspersons who exhibit their skills round the year. Sopore—North Kashmir’s Sopore commonly known as "Apple town of valley" has always been vibrant when it comes to sports activities. The town always buzzes with cricket, football and other games coupled with a tremendous pool of talent in respective sports. The town is supplied with many a ground which play host to sports activities throughout the year. Subhan Sports Stadium-previously known as College Ground Sopore- is one of the premier stadia in the town. It caters to a huge chunk of aspiring sportspersons who exhibit their skills round the year. The stadium infrastructure got a major surge when Jammu and Kashmir State Sports Council allotted an indoor stadium to the ground. Sports lovers thought it would bolster the facil...

Added on March 13, 2018 By: MOHSIN KAMAL Education doubtlessly is growing at an astonishing pace all over the world. Whether it be the addition of technologies or introduction of new initiatives, education system surely is taking more stabling shape every new day. Likewise our homeland, Kashmir too has witnessed plenty of changes in education system over the years. No doubt about the growth and development taking shape, but at the same time when we look at the other negative aspects, one mostly forgets the positives. These other aspects include one of the most popular activity, which I would rather call a trend known as ‘tuitions’. What it actually means? The dictionary meaning of tuitions is, “gathering of knowledge from a guide”, but its connotation is lot different in Kashmir. Here, it means, “a necessary exercise without which a student can do nothing in any academic or competitive examination.” It may sound bit awkward but it is the bitter truth. It’s exactl...

Mohsin Kamal • Mar 07, 2018 Kabra Altaf-a multitalented sportswoman from Srinagar- has emerged as a star judo player in the state having many a medal to her name in the short career. It isn’t easy to eke out a career in sports field in Kashmir. More so for aspiring women. Besides always having to deal with societal pressure, a girl trying to create a niche for herself finds it hard to get proper infrastructure and meet true promoters of sports. There aren’t many star attractions in women sport in the valley that upcoming sportswoman would look upto to follow their path. In men’s field, Parvez Rasools and Mehraj ud Din Wadoos have set examples for others  to go their route in their bid to achieve big in the world of sports.   Of late,Sports-traditionally considered men-oriented domain-has seen the rise of some young talent among the girls to set the stage rolling. Kabra Altaf-a multitalented sportswoman from Srinagar- has emerged as a star judo...

Interview • Dec 05, 2017 • Ahmad Omar Banday has emerged as the shining light to be earmarked as one for the future. Jammu and Kashmir’s run in Ranji Trophy 2017-18 was trademark J&K. Fractured with off-field controversies, selection dramas, demoralizing defeats, occasional victory and couple of players exhibiting, every now and then, they belonged to the league. Just one victory, one draw and four massive defeats is J&K’s report card for the summer. As has been case in the past, amidst this no show Ahmad Omar Banday has emerged as the shining light to be earmarked as one for the future. With senior batsmen failing to give respectable performances, Banday-22-just in his second season of senior cricket showed guts and skill to emerge as the highest scorer for J&K. The Srinagar born right-hander notched up 414 punctuated with a hundred and two fifties in six matches with a decent average of 37 to give some comfort to beleaguered fans. Coming into l...

Mohsin Kamal  Ayoung boy when grows up a little, first aims to settle his life by finding some good work according to his desires. After successfully finding one, he then want to enter second half of his life by bonding himself with his life partner. After entering the second half, a boy turns into a man and sooner a father. Becoming father takes a turn over in his life, now he performs everything for his children. He puts his own dreams on the shoulders of his children and wants them to succeed in life. So that he can live the last stage (old age) of his life happily and leave the world with satisfaction. This is how most of us want the life to run as. But everybody can’t be so lucky or I may say deserving to live the life according to his desires. I,in my everyday life come across a lot of things- some good and some bad. Recently I witnessed a series of strange events; A father who works his blood out- day, night, morning, evening just to make life comfortable ...