Kashmir Life
From an Empath to Psychopath
Arshid Malik
It was always hard to cope with, the incessant angst that enveloped my soul as I lurched forward in the darkness of a...
Ved Prakash Vaidik
Controversies seem ceaseless for the senior Indian scribe. After creating political commotion by meeting Hafiz Saeed, Ved Prakash Vaidik has now stirrup up Kashmir...
Feeling Pain
Every time Israel launches an offensive on helpless Palestinians, Kashmiris feels the pain. Since last week’s aerial bombing of civilian areas in Gaza there...
Ikhwanis of the Yore?
Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad raised vigilantes “Peace Brigade” and used them to suppress pro-Abdullah and pro-Pakistan people. His workers or “Goggas” ran a parallel enforcement...
News Makers
ADMITTED:
State government has admitted before the High court that some people are in possession of hundreds of kanals of land without proper allotment in...
A Cultural Psy-op
For critics, Bakshi’s extravagant Jashn-e-Kashmir festival was aimed to manage public anger after Sheikh was jailed. Raashid Maqbool revisits the era to understand how...
Palestine: In solidarity
Irtif Lone
Dear Brothers and Sisters of Palestine,
I am writing to you with a sense of shame. For last week and so, I have wanted...
News Notes
Forced Vacations!
As Kashmir continues to protest against Israel’s atrocities on Gaza, government saw itself in a tight position. Last Monday when Kashmir re-opened after...
Plundering Pahalgam
Despite high court banning fresh construction in Pahalgam influential people manage to build huge structures in eco-sensitive areas. Shams Irfan reports the daylight plunder...
A Different Legacy
It was Sheikh Abdullah’s trusted man Bakshi Ghulam Ahmad who replaced him and erased his legacy, although marginally. Hafsa Kanjwal argues that New Delhi...
Yatra: A Tradition Compromised
Yearly Amarnath Yatra was small, quick affair that the government would facilitate with the help of clergy. It was S K Sinha, the shrine...
‘Inventing’ India
Muhammad Tahir
India’s standard official claim to Kashmir is tied to the instrument of accession signed in October 1947 by the fleeing Hindu ruler of...
Batmaloo 25
Despite its pro-boycott image Batamaloo is significantly important for both NC and PDP. While NC’s Irfan Shah is riding on his father’s legacy rival...
Briefing
BALTAL
It was just a squabble over the opportunities that the annual Hindu yatra throws up that triggered a huge crisis. A tent-owner resented a...
Panun Kart.com
Driven by the sense of creating a niche in online shopping, an engineering graduate from NIT Srinagar has come up with an online portal....
