Physical, Not Social Distancing
In these trying circumstances, there is a need to preserve the idea of community, writes Ikhlaq Qadri
A scare is a normal survival response to a...
Beard In Kashmir Politics
The months that Omar Abdullah spent in confinement are far less than the years' Sheikh Abdullah did. Then why did Omar grow a beard...
Choking Lives
by Shams Irfan
A few decades back who would have imagined that even small villages dotting the picturesque valley of Lolab in north Kashmir, would be...
The Door of Compassion
Amarjeet Singh Dulat, the former RAW boss, and author of Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years has close friends in Kashmir politics. Dr Farooq Abdullah is...
UT Tensions
by Masood Hussain
The binning of Jammu and Kashmir’s hollowed special status and bifurcation of the state into two federally administered Union Territories was primarily...
New J&K Politics?
by Riyaz Wani
If anything the slapping of the Public Safety Act (PSA) on Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti has made it clear that New...
Winter’s Tale
by Shams Irfan
As the season’s first snowfall carpets the vale under a white blanket, a sight that has once inspired poets and kings alike, Kashmir...
Deconstructing Modi 2.0
by Masood Hussain
Narendra Modi’s victory in the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections is not an ordinary one. It is a landslide victory as the rightwing...
Societal Shame
by Tasavur Mushtaq
With protesters clashing with police and paramilitary forces at several places, Kashmir came to a halt on May 13. The crisis was...
Wildlife In Kashmir Politics
by Masood Hussain
Politics is hugely influenced by wildlife, especially by the lion. In every country, there is somebody who is known as the lion...
South Kashmir 3.1
by Sheikh Mushtaq
Last week, strife-weary residents emerged in nervous trickles to cast their votes at highly guarded polling booths in few parts of south...
Improved Participation
by Sheikh Qayoom
Parliamentary election 2019 in Srinagar was a welcome departure from the by-poll of 2017. Just 7.14 per cent votes were cast in...
Phase-I: Whither Traditional Politics?
by Sheikh Qayoom
North Kashmir’s Baramulla Lok Sabha seat that went to poll on April 11, 2019, saw a four cornered contest between the NC,...
A ‘Friendly Contest’
by Sheikh Qayoom
Much before the Congress could announce the candidature of its state president, GA Mir for the south Kashmir Anantnag Lok Sabha seat,...
Ban Intolerance
by Tasavur Mushtaq
Understanding different perspectives is a beautiful human skill. It allows for exploring multiple possibilities to deal with emerging eventualities. The richness of...