Two Years Later
The second anniversary of the reading down of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir indicated clearly that people and politics living on either...
Khan’s Kashmir?
The result of the elections on the other side of the Line of Control (LoC) explains the political integration of the region leaving almost...
Jammu Is Important
Kashmir based political parties will have to focus more on Jammu after the region gets a decisive edge in electoral politics after the delimitation...
The Delimitation Details
After Prime Minister’s all-party meeting started re-engagement with condemned Kashmir parties, the 4-day visit by the 3-member Delimitation Commission tasked to add seven berths...
No Options
Skipping assembly polls, whenever held, not possible for major political parties even if statehood is not restored before elections, writes Zahoor Malik
Despite taking a...
Return To Relevance
Government of India apart, the All-party meeting was equally important for the mainstream political leadership in Kashmir, who were feeling completely neglected and victimised,...
Those 689 Days
Between the candle march on the night of August 4, 2019, and the meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 24, 2021, Kashmir...
Minutes of The Meeting
The All Party Meeting that Prime Minister, Narendra Modi chaired last week could be a turning point for Kashmir politicians. Yawar Hussain talks to some...
Optics Only
If we go by the outcome of the PM's all-party meeting with Jammu and Kashmir politicians, the centre has stayed true to its course...
‘Our Demand Is Restoration Of Pre-August 5 Status’
Four-time lawmaker, who was recently appointed as the spokesman for the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration, Muhammad Yousuf Tarigami tells Yawar Hussain that the alliance is open to...
Gupkar In News
The recent PAGD meeting was symbolic to show its presence but also indicated softening of the stand, writes Zahoor Malik
The recent meeting of the...
PAGD No More?
The struggle for the restoration of Article 370 can hardly be pursued within the paradigm of power politics. More so, when such a struggle...
Chaman Lal Gupta
Elected thrice to Lok Sabha and twice to assembly, Prof Chaman Lal Gupta was BJP’s towering leader who was respected by all Kashmir parties....
The Mamata Message
Mamata Banerjee has soundly defeated the BJP by winning a landslide majority. And in doing so, she may have shown to other opposition parties...
Shamim A Shamim, Kashmir’s Editor, Orator, Politician
Shamim Ahmed Shamim was one of Kashmir’s prominent journalist editors who was later in politics and was elected to the state assembly and the...