Shams Irfan
A journalist with seven years of working experience in Kashmir.
Gunning For Licences
A liberal gun licences policy that insiders say is aimed at arming a particular community is having repercussions throughout India as criminals from other...
A better home
A township for migrant Pandits in Jammu will provide them with a reasonable accommodation and a better option especially to the ones living in...
London
Amina RawatIn 2005, the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that the blanket ban on prisoners voting, imposed in 1870, was an...
Blacking out truth
The Amnesty International (AI) has never been allowed to investigate human rights abuses inside Kashmir. Last year the AI circumvented the restrictions by sending...
Red tape increases corruption
Umair HaqaniThe government had frequently made claims that it will try to fight corruption and weed it out from the society. The corruption in...
On the prowl
Arshid MalikKashmir is like a lovelorn bird sanctuary with no rules and regulations. Hunters just roll up their gear and move in for a...
Forest Encroachments
Jammu and Kashmir regions have encroached upon 9482 hectors and 4877.62 hectors of land respectively. Since2005-06, the Forest Ministry has retrieved 64.30 hectors and...
Dividing society
Ever since Kashmir landed into the crisis of blood and gore, the discourse that has dominated the state policy continues to be that sections...
Order in the face of mayhem
Danish RashidJapan has seen one of the worst natural calamities in the recent history which has devastated towns and villages. A terrible earthquake, which...
The red, orange and green of it
Arshid MalikAlmost a week ago while I was driving through a congested area of the city, I chanced on a messy traffic jam at...
Memories of a Pandit boy
Siddhartha Gigoo wanted to write a novella, but could not stick to the word count. In a freewheeling interview with Ibrahim Wani in New...
Ahmedabad
Athar Parvaiz If Delhi Metro has eased off traffic travails of Delhiites and has revolutionised the mobility in the city, BRTS (Bus Rapid Transit...
When the earth shook in Japan
A firsthand account of the quake in Japan and the behavior of the people in the aftermath of the disaster and the government’s response....
Summer woes
While the government is working overtime, and perhaps going overboard in trying to avert a Summer unrest, common people have their fingers crossed. Many...
Defence wants more
A hefty hike in defence budget this year, will send the forces shopping for latest weaponry and give it the financial room for modernization...
