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Discourse

This is a section of opinion and analysis, mostly based on the current issues.

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...
Law students protesting against women. KL Image: Bilal Bahadur

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...
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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...
Voters after their votes in South Kashmir.

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...