A Trojan In Hajin
A series of brutal killings by unknown gunmen have frightened the region that was source of scare to most of Kashmir at one point of time. As the complex cycle of killings continues in Hajin, Shams Irfan visited the belt to understand if the erstwhile Ikhwan capital is slipping back to its haunted past. There…
Why Development Can Wait But Not Education?
by Suhail Mehraj When we seriously intend to overhaul and bring a substantial positive change in any sector, umpteen hiccups…
Why No Single Visual Shows Kashmir’s Entire Picture?
by Shazia Nazir Bakshi Kashmir- this single word evokes many visual images in your head. Snow kissed mountains, an idyllic…
Do Not Wait For UN
Academic Prof Saifuddin Soz has been in politics for a long time. Basically, from NC, he joined Congress and became…
In Bits and Coins
The cryptocurrencies are not the legal tender in India but various companies are making big monies in Kashmir, reports Saima…
She fasted for 16 years to press the withdrawal of draconian AFSPA from Manipur and became an international celebrity. Then…
A Fruitless Visit
by Khursheed Wani Home Minister Rajnath Singh arrived in Kashmir in the penultimate week of the holy month of Ramzan amid…
A ‘Mad’ Mother
Deserted by her husband, she lived for the only son she owned after a legal battle over his possession. When…
Nawaz Sharief Intervened To Get Soz’s Kidnapped Daughter Freed
by Iftikhar Gilani DELHI: While India’s external intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)’s intercepting a telephonic conversation between former…
Two Mournings After The Shab-e-Qadr
by Faheem Mir RAFIABAD: On Tuesday, June 13, at around 5 am people of Walutrah in north Kashmir’s Rafiabad belt,…
Romancing the Lake
by Mihir Patilhande Srinagar’s jewel, Dal Lake is the major tourist attraction in the city centre. When you think of the…
Ramadan Fitness
by Asif Ali People nowadays are very much aware of the significance of fitness in the daily life. There is…
A Phenomenal Struggle
In making individuals achieve their objectives, there are lots of people who contribute, especially in case of have-nots. But there…
Fazlul Haseeb, IAS
UPSC 2017, the results of which were out last week, recorded the lowest ever performance of J&K in recent years.…
Ghulam Nabi Patel
On April 25, 2018, Ghulam Nabi Mir, 65, was killed near Rajpora in Pulwama when unidentified gunmen fired at his…
1865: Kashmir Weavers’ Agitation
By all accounts, world’s first organised labour agitation took place in Kashmir on April 29, 1865, almost 21 years before…
Major Embarrassment
As Kashmir felt vindicated that the counter-insurgency grid has been using civilians as human shields and sought action, Major Leetul…
Jammu’s Alternating Narratives
After the gruesome Kathua tragedy, almost everybody is asking: what is happening in Jammu? And why is it happening at…
A Poetic Struggle
From loudly singing elegies of rebels to holding afternoon poetic sessions with detained in the interrogation centre, Madhosh Balhami has…
Pitch Inertia
While sports is being seen as the only way-out in youth engagement, Umar Mukhtar found nothing much on ground in infrastructure as…
