OP-ED

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...

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...

 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...

Imbisat Makhdoomi It had taken Mufti Mohammed Sayeed more than two months to finalize and announce his coalition partner, Bhartiya Janta Party – though the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Zamir Ahmad Jammu & Kashmir is about to have a new elected government in place. If newspaper reports are to be believed, the two largest...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...