Systemic Disability
Life is a challenge for the physically disadvantaged people. While many overcome hurdles to living a better life, an insensitive government in Kashmir limits...
Other Side Of Paradise
Natives of Pahalgam, allege that the Master Plan for development and environmental conservation has ignored their right to basic needs while laying out rules....
The Peak Fault Line
Gujjars, Bakerwals and Paharis share the same ecosystem but the traditional social stratification dictated the inclusion of nomadic tribes into the ST fold, unlike...
Lotus In Kashmir
In its attempts to create a foothold in the greener pastures of Kashmir, BJP over the years roped in valley’s political-nobodies, even holding hands...
Widows of Tosa Maidan
With Bajpathri threatening to set off a winter of discord in Kashmir for figuring in a probable list of new firing ranges, the old...
Risky Job
The debate over Gogoi gets louder after his ‘human shield’ act fetched him an award. Saima Bhat looks at the other side of the...
The Village Talk
As more than 4500 officers moved for an overnight stay in Panchayats between the Sino-Indian border and the Line of Control to listen to...
Media: A Career?
Taught to make the powerful accountable, when the media students watched the traditional wisdom operating in reverse on the ground, most of them decided...
The Home Minister’s Visit
The 3-day visit by Home Minister Amit Shah indicated a possible election but no time deadlines. The rest was routine aimed at creating political...
The Fantasy Fever
Finally, cricket has gone beyond the game. A huge business, it always had a betting business around. Now the virtual world has squeezed it...
Kashmir’s Winter Warmth
Spending days in the sunshine and freezing in bone-chilling Chillai Kalan nights, the desert weather has pushed Kashmir to the edge. A ‘bald’ Gulmarg...
The Passage to India
Six politicians from J&K will join the Indian parliament this week. Eighty four have been elected in the last 14 parliamentary elections. Forget about...
Submerging A Culture
NHPC’s upcoming Kishanganga power project would displace hundreds, submerge homes and endanger the fragile ecology of Gurez Valley besides putting the culture and future...
Pheran goes ‘Phoren’
Ever since the Mughals vanquished Kashmir, Pheran has survived as part of Kashmir's identity. Now it is a grand mix of Amritsari woollens, Bengali...
Kashmir’s Tech Wars
Momentary disruptions in mobile services triggered a lot of heat and dust as it could hit J&K’s two-third population directly. Apart from impacting security...
