Shams Irfan
A journalist with seven years of working experience in Kashmir.
The fall of humanity
Arshid Malik This world has truly arrived at a juncture where personal goals are all that matter; it is a personalized world for...
Trust your people
Since 1996 when a prolonged spell of the gubernatorial regime was replaced by a civilian government, it has been a practice with chief ministers...
Not interested in keeping issues lingering
The four-day 105th Permanent Indus Commission meeting between India and Pakistan ended in New Delhi on a positive note, with Pakistan consenting to construction...
Politics of skipping
The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his two-day visit to Kashmir chose to ignore the separatists or any reference to revocation of AFSPA and...
Denied childhood
Zamir AhmadWisdom comes with age, is a popular perception that has withstood vagaries of time. While comparing qualifications and experience, the latter always gets...
Newsmakers
DEADLINE: The J&K High Court has set a deadline of July 31, 2010, for all its judges including Chief Justice to declare their assets...
Many Species ! One Planet ! One Future !
Dr. Seemin RubabThis is the theme of current year’s World Environment Day celebrations. The idea commensurates with the theme of International Year of Biodiversity....
First Trauma Specialist
A car accident claimed three of his family members. But for the absence of proper preliminary treatment they would have been alive. He realized...
Eagle dropped
A family in interior Srinagar reportedly got an unusual bird dropping, last week when an eagle sat on their roof to relish its catch....
Masud Chowdary
After rumours that the policeman turned educationist Masud Chowdary is slated to jump into politics and join Congress, once his term as the vice...
I call it quits!
Arshid Malik Last Sunday, the 31st of May, was observed as the World No Tobacco Day all over the world, while I was struggling...
Time for policy change
Freak weather is one of the many identities of hill stations especially Kashmir. But for many years it is now clear the weather cycles...
Official criminalization
Khursheed WaniThe gruesome killing of three Nadihal youngsters on the Line of Control is yet another exhibition of state sponsored criminalization in Kashmiri society....
Raising a voice
Malalai Joya, 30, was elected to the Afghan Parliament from Pashtun dominated Farah province. In May 2007, she was suspended from the parliament on...
Get above rhetoric
Zamir Ahmad“I am writing these words with great pain and suppressed rage.” wrote the American-Jewish filmmaker Udi Aloni while condemning Israel for its latest...
