The PDP Way!
Basharat Ali
In his first tenure as the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed contrived a healing-touch policy, inspired in many ways...
Sydney to Srinagar
Shah Abbas
Last week, Kashmir remained hot topic even during the game of cricket and Pakistan Day.
Indian cricket team lost in the world cup semi...
Mufti Mantra
Mohammad Ahseem
Even though PDP and BJP ultimately did manage to pull a deal to form a government in the state, the ideological polarization among...
Post Coalition Challenges
Imbisat Makhdoomi
It had taken Mufti Mohammed Sayeed more than two months to finalize and announce his coalition partner, Bhartiya Janta Party – though the...
Murdering Democracy bit by bit
Mujahid Ul Islam
What more is pitiable in the 21st century, when a State decides what an individual should eat, what religion should one profess...
Alliance of Opportunism
Mohammad Ahseem
The tragedy of modern day alliance politics professed in a multi party system like in India is severely undermining the ideological commitments that...
Promising Start
Zameer Ahmad
Government run institutions are rarely seen as centers of excellence in J&K. Be that in the realm of academics, healthcare, research and development...
Theory of Prototypes and Archetypes
Mehboob Makhdoomi
With New Delhi’s Machiavellian reaction to the Muslim United Front’s endeavour to use democratic institutions of India for the resolution of Kashmir quagmire...
Intent Matters
Zamir Ahmad
Jammu & Kashmir is about to have a new elected government in place. If newspaper reports are to be believed, the two largest...
Pursuit of Helplessness
Aseem Ahmad
The landmark visit of US president Barak Obama to the largest democracy in world last week does reflect India’s growing influence in the...
Small is Beautiful
Zamir Ahmad
Nassim Nicholas Taleb is distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering in New York University’s School of Engineering. Known globally for predicting the economic and...
Rethinking Knowledge
Mehrajudin
Knowledge is undeniably one of the most important constituents in civilizations whether it is Greek, Confucian, Western or Islamic. Looking through the prism of...
NC, from cadre to coterie
Saleem Akther Malik
National Conference was not just a political party but a name of strong movement that fought for the rights of people of...
Colouring Texts
Saif Ahmad Khan
Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj recently propped up the idea of making the Hindu scripture Gita, India’s national book. This is...
The stint of Abdullah-III
Yasir Altaf Zargar
Kashmir has turbulent political history. The political history starts from Sheikh Abdullah and his progeny is still continuing it. From Sheikh to...