50 Years: Why this tag matters

Half a century is long enough to change streets, politics, jobs and everyday life. On this tag page you'll find stories that look back across 50 years — not just dates and events, but how people, places and plans actually shifted. If you want perspective beyond headlines, this collection is for you.

What you’ll find here

We group pieces that mark 50-year moments: anniversary reports, timelines, first-person memories, and policy retrospectives. Expect short explainers, interviews with people who lived the change, and local reporting that highlights small, real shifts — schools opened, markets moved, festivals that changed shape, or laws that reshaped daily life.

Examples: a neighborhood that grew from a village market to a busy town, a policy introduced five decades ago that still shapes access to water, or cultural trends that faded and then returned. Each article tries to answer: what changed, who changed it, and who felt the effects.

How to read these stories

Start with a timeline or a first-person piece to get a human view. Then read analysis if you want context — why things happened and what followed. If you’re researching, look for recurring names, places, and policies across multiple stories; connections often appear only when you read more than one piece.

If you’re a reader from Jammu & Kashmir, pay attention to local voices in these stories. They explain small details national reports miss — a market’s new route, a school’s shifting language choices, or how migration changed family ties. If you’re outside the region, these pieces offer grounded examples of long-term change you can compare with your own area.

For students and local reporters: use these articles as starting points. Check dates and quotes, then talk to people still living where the events happened. Oral histories and old photographs add depth that a single article can’t cover.

Want to tell your story? If you lived through a change over the last 50 years, think about one small moment that shows a bigger shift — a shop that closed, a festival that stopped, a road that arrived. Short, specific memories often reveal the clearest picture.

We update this tag with new retrospectives and fresh reporting. Each piece aims to be useful: readable timelines, clear takeaways, and eyewitness detail. Use the tag to compare then-and-now, spot patterns, or simply to understand how five decades shaped lives in Kashmir and beyond.