Overseas Aid
A general belief that Christian minorities are mobilizing off-shore resources to manage their activities in J&K is not a fact. The Buddhist minority concentrated...
bigWIGS
With smaller parties and neo-politicians out to claim their pie in the electoral cake, the trend has the potential of offsetting the overall calculations...
Unheard Cries
While lethality and legality of pellet gun is still a matter of debate, silent and unending ordeal of victims and their families remain unheard....
Fantastic Four
Parents mistaking sports as time-pass may have to change their opinion as four top Kashmir sportsmen are millionaires already. Despite the serious infrastructural deficit,...
Cricketing Confluence
As Afridi batted his sixes to victory, cricket became the European Rugby with clashes hitting cheering Kashmiris left, right and centre. With a UP...
Bhaand ‘Diplomacy’
The down spiral of Kashmir’s centuries old folk art Bhaand-e-Paether is often attributed to the turmoil in Kashmir; however, the ‘other’ factors pounding it...
Minority Minions?
As a Parliamentary Committee strongly suggests J&K government must consider declaring migrant Kashmiri Pandits a minority given the “pitiable condition” they live in, R...
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...
The half in Dark
A year after Parliament attack convict Azfal Guru was hanged inside Tihar, his widow Tabassum is living a hushed life. Devoting most of her...
RAILWAY MILLIONAIRES
As Railways ventured into Kashmir Valley, it paid 600 crore as compensation for land to people. But as the train chugs, the traces of...
Evidently Wrong
As people were waiting for answers, the army’s court martial in the Pathribal encounter ended in a revelation suggesting ‘Operation Kripan’ that devoured five...
Collateral Damage
Days after estranged Syed Ali Geelani transferred ‘his property’ to an autonomous trust, Jama’at-e-Islami cried foul. The controversy brought once fair weather friends face...
Love of Game
It was a dream run for J&K cricket team at Ranji trophy this season. As the media hype dies down, Suhail A Shah takes...
The ‘Atonement’
When Delhi announced the return and rehabilitation policy for the youth who once crossed LoC to become fighters against India, it was a master...
Wall Mounted Peace
An “eternally hopeful” PM Manmohan Singh once famously said the natural resources of the region will jointly be used by people from both sides...
