Masood Hussain
Taxing Texts
After a stressful and rigorous debate within and outside the state assembly, J&K finally joined the GST regime. With constitutional debate over, the real...
Dehumanised Kashmir
The lynching of Ayub Pandith, a Jammu and Kashmir police officer, has further divided Kashmir’s conflict-torn society. Pandith’s murder was barbaric but it was...
Powerful Decisions
Last week, J&K government’s decision-making in power sector created lot of news. But one decision envisaging non entertaining lot of doles by Delhi in...
Taxing Times
The pellet-powered government was so shocked by the reaction to new tax regime that it is unable to tell people that it wanted to...
Lalla Rookh Debate
People talking about Kashmir are so ignorant about the place that they presume most of nearly seven million people inhabiting the vale are dependent...
Gambling with Ganderbal
As Kashmir is desperate for some light to improve its energy deficit, a controversy was crafted to delay implementation of Ganderbal power project, reports...
The Dhar Dictum
DP Dhar’s son who runs the prominent school in memory of his father has been witness to Kashmir’s various highs and lows in recent...
Misplaced Priorities
Between the restive Kashmir streets and the reactive UN appendages lies the government of J&K. But its actions indicate, the coalition, seemingly in denial...
Volcanic Verdict
Unprecedented since 1951, the first recorded election, the poll, re-poll and the postponement in Kashmir bypolls is the newest protest that cannot become a...
CPEC Impact?
Kashmiri expats in Dubai admit the CPEC is a major development in the region and may impact Kashmir but insist the golden glass emirate...
Cashmere in Dubai
Hundreds of Kashmiris toiled hard in Middle East’s coastal desert to become part of Dubai’s golden-glass growth story. Belatedly, they started following other expat...
“The future of car business lies in rural Kashmir”
Irfan Ahmad is an engineer who has been into car selling for 27 years. As a principle player in Kashmir’s car market, he tells...
Dauz Ha Marie Koutru shouts Dubai Stadium
Masood Hussain
DUBAI: As the two teams are battling for the Kashmir cup, interesting things are going in the Dubai International Stadium. One of the...
Why?
As the four districts are trying to get a semblance of routine after losing 77 youth in 2016 unrest, amid frequent interventions in bloody...
“I cannot justify things”
Ace cinematographer Tasaduq Mufti’s formal joining of politics is the new son-rise in Kashmir politics. In a freewheeling interview with Masood Hussain, Mufti Jr...