Delimitating Debate
Powerful Modi government is reportedly toying with the idea of a fresh delimitation for Kashmir assembly by undoing a legislative freeze. While there is no official word, the debate is gradually strengthening the disempowering debate. But the evolution of the institution of assembly…
On First Anniversary, Shujaat’s Book Released
Srinagar At an impressive function on the first assassination anniversary of Rising Kashmir editor Syed Shujaat Bukhari, veteran journalists Siddharat…
Delhi Media Demonizing Kashmir, Gov Malik Invites Youth For Dialogue
by Saima Bhat SRINAGAR: Comparing the state with his home town, Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik said Delhi…
Blood In Hunger
After many years, the Muslim month of fasting did not witness any cessation of hostilities between militants and the security…
Not A Glossy Life
At 17, circumstances forced Bilkees Khan to open a female exclusive shop. Gradually it upgraded into a beauty parlour, a…
Parvez Ahmed
Saturday, June 8, 2019 morning, rumours were rife that the government has a plan to effect changes in Jammu and…
Justice Hasnain Masoodi, the former judge whom people elected to Lok Sabha against Mehbooba Mufti, tell Saima Bhat he will…
Kashmir’s First Lady Everester
Umar Mukhtar meets the 26-year-old Zewan girl who is the first Kashmiri Muslim woman who has scaled Mount Everest Nahida…
Converting Kashmir
Kashmir’s transition to Islam has multiple stakeholders over a long period of time. But for converting Kashmir into an Iran-e-Sageer,…
Revival Needed
Markets are showing the same morbidity that was seen after the 2014 floods. There were serious efforts to revive but…
Deconstructing Modi 2.0
by Masood Hussain Narendra Modi’s victory in the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections is not an ordinary one. It is a…
Kashmir was always interesting and enigmatic. Charles Adolphus Murray, the 7th Earl of Dunmore was in Srinagar in May 1892,…
Celebrating Eid-2019
by Sheikh Umar Ahmad The month of Ramadan is about to conclude and we are going to celebrate the Eid-2019…
Al Qaeda’s Last Man?
It took counter-insurgency grid six years to trace Zakir Musa. But will his killing mark an end to the outfit…
Why Everybody Is Going To An International Conference?
by Nasir Ahmad Dar The last month has been a surprise for me. I have been getting regular news on…
How Kashmir Is Pushing Delhi To Love BIMSTEC Unlike SAARC?
by A G Noorani There was something pathetically unreal in the sustained press speculation about a resumption of talks between…
Low Poll Heroics
In the just-concluded Lok Sabha polls that gave Narendra Modi a Himalayan mandate, Jammu and Kashmir also sent six representatives…
Like Father, Like Son
A decade after Amir-e-Kabir’s departure, his son came with 300 preachers. But his nearly two-decade-long sojourn in Srinagar witnessed a…
Science Behind Ramadan Fasting
by Dr Zeenat Farooq Apart from the spiritual experience that a person undergoes during Ramadan fasting, there are tremendous scientific…
Body Beautiful
Gone are the days when the girls were under pressure to look good. The social media has pushed men to…
Three Friends, one Fate
A year after three young friends were killed in cold blood, their families chased the case and finally met the…
Suicide On Road
After finding the situation not conducive to sustain his family, a man who availed the rehabilitation package to return home,…
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Dial For A Gift
She was in the MBA classroom when she started her business from her upmarket residence. She takes orders for gifts…
Screen Millionaires
After being part of Kashmir’s routine for decades, media liberalisation took Doordarshan’s audience away to private channels. Delhi spent billions…