Kashmir Life
Unemployment Blues
by Zamir Ahmad
Those who do not remember their mistakes are condemned to repeat them - is a much-quoted adage. The people in power, however,...
Caged
With six PSAs in a row and 16 in all, Masarat Alam holds a kind of record. The state, however, is in no mood...
Inspiring empowerment
Left to fend for her six children after her husband‘s death Khatija turned to the spinning wheel. Weaving a living, she ended up empowering...
Challenging The Elite Schools
Lesser-known private schools are giving competition to elite schools, not only challenging their supremacy, but also putting a question mark on their screening measures...
News Makers
PROMOTED: Income Tax department has promoted its three J&K officers to Chief Commissioner rank. These include B L Razdan (now DG IT Investigation Chandigarh),...
Universal Donor
A labourer in a stone quarry, Showkat Ali Wani, runs an NGO dealing with first aid and blood donations. With an O negative blood...
Unearthing truth
Allegations of disappearances and custodial killings have crept into the Kashmir discourse along with the insurgency itself. But public allegations, howsoever credible, face a...
Winners and Losers
The suave, articulate Sajjad Lone was a student of economics in a London college before he burst on Kashmir’s political scene after his father...
Looking to change and adopt
AHMAD RIYAZ
While Shopian murders may have severely tested the credibility of his government, Chief Minister Omer Abdullah’s own political image has emerged by and...
Year of Patriarch
AHMAD RIYAZ
He dominated the Valley’s discourse in 2009 but at the turn of the new year the separatist patriarch Syed Ali Shah Geelani continues...
Shopian mystery
The Shopian case not only dominated the news in 2009 but also stung most the people associated with it. Three investigations later the case...
10 controversies of ‘09
While Shopian dominated 2009, there were other controversies too that hogged the headlines. Haroon Mirani lists the top 10.
CHINESE VISA ROW
The year 2009 has...
Lighting up a Life
It is not a big deal to change three buses to work everyday, use a cell phone, teach computers, or thread a needle; not...
Newsmakers
TRACED: Interpol has finally confirmed to the court that Major Avtar Singh, a territorial army major responsible for the abduction and murder of lawyer...
2009 Snippets
COSTLIEST POLICE STATION
Batamaloo police station is going to be the costliest station ever constructed by the cash-rich JKP. To be set up on five...
