Kashmir Life
Mehbooba Mufti
After the humiliating fall of PDP-BJP government, and desertion by half-a-dozen “loyal” lawmakers, everyone started writing former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s political obituary. But...
What does a shutdown cost in Kashmir?
by Younis Sideeq Wani
Have you ever been to Kashmir? Ever witnessed a shutdown? It is very common in the valley, as cheap as a...
The Poll Migrants
Elected to the basic tyre of village development in an abysmally low participated election, most of the new lords and ladies of village politics...
Red Calendar
With the overall death toll highest in a decade, Aaqib Hyder does not foresee any shift in the next year given the lack of...
Scholarships
AIAS-COFUND (Marie Curie) International Fellowships in Denmark, 2019
Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS), Denmark
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CRG International PhD Fellowships Programme in...
News Makers
Shujaat Bukhari
On June 14, 2018, three unidentified gunmen shot dead Rising Kashmir editor Syed Shujaat Bukhari in Srinagar’s Press Enclave, sending shockers across the...
Guns and Graves
Though 2018 was the deadliest year in a decade, and the new recruitments are down, Shams Irfan sees it premature to write an obituary...
A Fall and a Rise
It was interesting to see a political party getting undone within months of losing power and the fragmented political landscape of Kashmir witnessing the...
Frozen In Time
Unlike earlier years when it used to be “a mixed bag”, 2018 was completely a negative year in Kashmir context. It witnessed the fall...
Why All Is Not Well In The JK Public Service Commission?
by Hamid Rather
Since the declaration of KAS-2016 mains results on December 4, both dropped and selected aspirants have taken to streets to protect their self-interests....
Why Kashmir Should Avoid Getting Minors’ Into Conflict?
by Zahid Iqbal Shah
The battle of Badar was the first and the most critical battle in the history of Islam. The importance of Badar...
Privacy Debate
It took a few years and a lot of campaign at the country level and finally the judicial intervention of the highest court that...
On Akhter Mohiuddin
One of the Kashmir’s most prominent short-story writer Akhter Mohiuddin was tallest amongst his contemporaries, writes Ghulam Nabi Khayal
The history of fiction in the...
Budget In Brief
The Finance Department budget proposal for the next financial year is a step up over earlier allocation with a focus on infrastructure and certain...
Generational Spill Over
A Rs 2.13 crore irrigation project approved by the Planning Commission in 1979 was initiated by Sheikh Abdullah in 1981, and was about three...
