Riyaz Wani — Tehelka.com
Riyaz Wani
Riyaz Wani

Special Correspondent (Kashmir)

Riyaz Wani is special correspondent with Tehelka magazine. He earlier covered Kashmir for The Indian Express. Before that, he was a senior editor with Kashmir’s leading regional daily Greater Kashmir. His interests include reading Urdu poetry and watching cricket on TV.

Articles By Riyaz Wani
Lone reignites poll boycott debate

The Hurriyat moderate questions its impact on the separatist movement, says Riyaz Wani  

Derailing the Applecart

Without refrigerated vans or cold chains, apples from Kashmir and Himachal rot on the bad roads to...  

Godman’s sexual exploits whip up Sufi-conservative debate in Kashmir

The scandal has since renewed and added a shrill edge to the Sufi-conservative Islam debate which in...  

‘My goal is to give Kashmiri music a wider appeal’

Kashmir's singing star Mehmeet Sayeed says she has never faced public criticism, militant threats or fatwa, albeit...  

Wanted Lashkar commander killed in Srinagar

Molvi, who was active over the past two years, was a stone thrower through 2008-2010 unrest  

‘Perhaps the police wanted to kill me on the eve of Holi and claim they had saved Delhi from a terrorist attack’

Liaquat Shah alleges he was asked to accept the charges of plotting terror attacks in Delhi  

The Valley’s new IAS elite

An increasing number of Kashmiri youth are appearing for the UPSC examination in a bid to engage...  

Why the government doesn’t want you to watch this documentary on Kashmir

This PSBT-sponsored documentary has been twice stopped from being screened and its seven-minute Youtube trailer was taken...  

The orphan industry

Charity is their business. And business is good. Riyaz Wani reports on the orphanage racket in the...  

Kashmir: Four policemen killed in major militant attack

This attack has once again turned spotlight on the deteriorating security situation in the state where militants...  

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