Kashmir’s Narasimha Rao Days
The worst period of Kashmir militancy coincided with PV Narasimha Rao’s term as Prime Minister. How he handled the goriest situation ever, its diplomatic...
Real Estate Concerns
Almost 14 months after the Jammu and Kashmir’s historic land laws basket was hugely altered by binning some and changing many, the administration finally...
Kashmir’s Elder Neglect?
After they raise families and give it what they afford, sections of the elderly population feel lonely, neglected and in rare cases abandoned. While...
Justice Denied: Sopore 1993
Dubbed as militancy capital, the Sopore town was subjected to a series of carnages and arson during the 1990s. After 45 coffins of charred...
Clear response
Major General Athar Abbas belongs to Pakistan’s top most media family. Brother of astute Pakistani journalists Mazhar Abbas and Zaffar Abbas, the military officer manning public relations of Pakistan Army uses words with political and diplomatic acumen. In his first ever interaction with Indian journalists he talks about Pakistan Army’s operations against Taliban.
A Militant’s Mother
When a rebel is killed, the loss and celebration on the two sides of the ideological divide is the routine. But what happens to the...
Loss and Anger
An eyewitness account of the devastating fire at Khanyar last Monday in which the shrine of Dastgeer Sahib was destroyed.
Early Monday morning Khanyar was...
One Year of Solitude
The August 5, 2019 decision has larger psychological dimensions beyond the symbolism of autonomy, writes Riyaz Wani
When on March 25, New Delhi imposed the Covid-19...
Orphan brothers
by Syed Asma
A 12-year old boy greets this reporter in a submissive voice, sits in a chair, looks uncomfortable and rarely take his eyes...
Pandit Protests
The killing of Rahul Bhatt triggered unending protests by Kashmiri Pandits who are serving the government across the Valley under a special package. Khalid...
Shaken Innocence
Child Sex Abuse (CSA) has remained a real big challenge in Kashmir and continues to be so. The other crisis is that people speak...
Quietly Unwilling
Understanding the costs that negotiating any kind of deal can have, Sangh Parivaar is resisting pressure from the political class in Delhi to engage...
WHO WAS YOUSUF SHAH?
The man, Syed Yousuf Shah, whose death in custody triggered a political storm in Jammu and Kashmir, had a very humble beginning. His personal...
A Quantum Model
Kashmir’s young quantum physicist, Rukhsan ul Haq tells Khalid Bashir Gura his long story from a dusky central Kashmir village to the IBM Quantum,...
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...
