Shams Irfan
A journalist with seven years of working experience in Kashmir.
Syed Ali Geelani
Hurriyat Conference (G) entered the cyberspace with the launch of its website under three different web addresses www.syedaligeelani.info, www.huriyatconference.com and www.tehreekhurriyat.com. The party termed...
Bridging Without ROADS
Bani belt of Jammu is in crisis these days. Owing to massive rains, nearly 3000 meters of vital 65-kms Basholi-Bani road was washed away...
Haunting deeds
Indian is unable to get her concerns over devolution of power and rehabilitation of Lankan Tamils addressed, which is an emotive issue in Tamil...
No lip service
Treatment of cleft lip, a congenital deformity, is not a priority area in the overburdened government hospitals as it does not affect the rest...
The bus stops here
A court ordered phase-out of busses and loss making operations are pushing busses out of the valley with the bus fleet shrinking to less...
Weary of Kashmir summers
Rush of tourists and Chidambaram’s ability to walk in the downtown Srinagar may indicate some semblance of normalcy in Kashmir but the message of...
Newsmakers
INAUGRATED: Part of its Civic Action Programme, the police threw open its Youth Club in Nowhata, the heart of Srinagar’s old city. Insisting that...
The Healthy INFORMERS
Strife has led to the rise of a huge breed of whistle-blowers in Kashmir. Barring the anti-corruption whistle-blowers almost every other informer is making...
Lonely battle
A family that lost its only child last June is fighting to bring the killers to justice even after alleged threats and attempts to...
For a greener pasture
The nomadic Gujjars and Bakerwals have been migrating to greener pastures every year to rear their sheep and cattle. For centuries they have kept...
Rights of domestic child labourers
Dr. Bashir A DablaThe fact stands needs no emphasis that domestic labour (DL) stands as most suffering group among labourers. At the same time,...
Permitting prying
The Union Cabinet’s approval of NATGRID has again raised fears of intrusion into citizens’ privacy in the absence of any privacy laws in the...
The coalition circus
Historically, the relationship between NC and Congress has remained a tenuous affair but it has never come in their way to rule J&K jointly....
WHO WANTS TO LIVE!
Suicide cases are on the rise in Kashmir with even teenagers as young as 14, attempting suicide. Ibrahim Wani reports on an issue that...
Jobs Mandi
Srinagar city’s MK Chowk has developed as a labour mandi as local and non-local labourers throng the place to find work. Abdul Mohamin spent...
