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This column features the opinions of individuals who are not part of our newsroom

Durbar Move: Old Practices, New Realities

  by Dr Sirfaraz Ahmed Darbar Move is the name given to the bi-annual exercise of shifting the secretariat and all other state-level Government offices from...

Dr Parray, Superannuates

by Irtif Lone It's midnight already. I am to write. I write. I stop. I start thinking. Should I. Can I? I ask myself. I nod...

Padmavat: A Reality or Fiction

by Sumera Reshi After much hullabaloo, Padmavati was released on January 25, 2018. The film tells the story of a 14th-century Hindu queen and a...

Cancer: The Emperor of all Maladies

by Safeeya Wahid  Cancer is a term used for diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control and are able to invade other tissues. Cancer cells...

And The Sun Never Rose Again

Review by: Javeed Ahmad Rather The romantic debut novel And The Sun Never Rose Again is written by a Kashmiri budding writer Jahangeer Majazi, native of...

Interview: AMUs Kashmir Leader

The Aligarh Muslim University Students Union elections 2017-18 were held on December 11, 2017. Sajad Subhan Rather, a Kashmiri research scholar pursuing PhD in...

From Kashmir to Madrid: The Story of Ishan Pandita  

By Waheed ur Rehman Jammu Our next generation is not just showing interest in the field of sports, but are setting examples for the generations to...

A Great Man We Should Know

by Mehdi Khawaja “Knowing him has been an education.”      Edward Said  “By which mirror Eqbal, in his clear undertone, still plots to end all human pain?”     ...

An ode to 2017

by Sameer Bhat It is that time of the year. We bid farewell to 2017 and herald a new year, thinking in our naivety that...

An Open letter to Dr Suhail Naik

I trust you will be in a great solace. Amen! I was last time in Kashmir, covering pellet victims and spent a year first time...

The charade of interlocution

by Raees-ul-Hamid Paul To the majority of those, whose eyeballs remain stared at developments in Kashmir, North Block ostensibly seems to have woken up from...

Shrine Politics

By Javid Ahmad Ahanger Kashmir, baptized as a fortunate landscape with enormous natural beauty, is a paradise on earth. Because of its multilayered diversity of...

Gandhi’s Only Kashmir Visit

by O P Sharma Mahatma Gandhi, a symbol of non-violence, truth and moral values paid a 4-day historical visit to strategic and sensitive Jammu and...

Gandhi an Apostle of Peace?

by Peer Bilal Ahmad Baba M K Gandhi, the ‘pioneer and apostle of peace’ was born 148 years ago on October 2, 1869. The young...

Can we celebrate Eid with enthusiasm?

Rameez Bhat Eid-ul-Adha - as we all know - is an Eid of sacrifice. It is celebrated for two and a half days. The festival...