Why Do So Many People with Substance Use Disorders in Kashmir Never Seek Treatment?
by Dr Imran Khan
Despite expanding treatment facilities, stigma, poverty, demographics and substance-specific factors continue to prevent many Kashmiris with addiction from seeking care.
Substance use disorder,...
Has AI Governance Reached a Turning Point?
by Michael Froman
A US ban on advanced AI models exposes regulatory gaps, national security concerns, and growing tensions between innovation, control, and global competition
This...
What Can a Common Kashmiri Do to Protect the Environment?
by Dr Farooq A Lone
A practical overview of Kashmir’s environmental decline and the simple, everyday actions citizens can take to protect nature.
Many among us...
Can Gurez Preserve Its Pastoral Economy and Agrarian Heritage Amid Rapid Change?
by Dr Suheel Rasool Mir
How Gurez Valley’s centuries-old farming and livestock traditions are adapting to tourism, development and a rapidly changing landscape.
Gurez Valley, popularly...
Why Are Kashmir’s Sikhs Quietly Migrating Away from Their Homeland?
by Dr Harjeet Singh
Despite deep roots in Kashmir, Sikh families are gradually migrating due to insecurity, limited opportunities, education concerns, and neglect
The Sikh community...
Is the World’s Next Football Story Playing Out in Kashmir?
by Sri Varshith Kumar Reddy E
Kashmir's grassroots obsession, and what it tells India about building a sporting nation from the ground up
The mountains above...
How Khamenei’s Assassination Is Redrawing the Shia-Sunni Fault Line?
by Asad Mirza
Khamenei's assassination sparked rare Shia-Sunni solidarity around Palestine, yet escalating Iran-Saudi tensions threaten lasting sectarian reconciliation
In the long, troubled geography of Muslim...
Has the US-Iran War Ended in Strategic Defeat for Trump and Netanyahu?
by Arshin Adib-Moghaddam
The US-Iran ceasefire agreement suggests major war aims were abandoned, raising questions about American and Israeli strategic success.
What a disaster the war against...
Has Jammu & Kashmir Strengthened Its Own Tax Revenue Base Enough to Reduce Dependence...
by Ruqaya Akhter
Jammu and Kashmir's tax revenues have grown substantially, but the region remains grant-dependent and trails major states in fiscal strength
Own Tax Revenue...
Can Israel’s Lebanon Offensive Derail the Emerging US-Iran Peace Deal?
by Asad Mirza
Israeli strikes in Lebanon have disrupted US-Iran peace talks, exposing deep disagreements and threatening a fragile regional settlement.
A fragile diplomatic breakthrough between...
Did a Buddhist Sculpture Preserve an Ancient Eastern Birth Culture?
by Iqbal Ahmad
A rare Kushan-era sculpture from Pandrethan depicts Buddha’s birth and reflects the ancient tradition of childbirth at parental homes.
Although in the Kashmir...
Can Love, Loss and Fate Define a Life?
by Rayees Ahmad Kumar
A moving review of Pehchan Aansoo Ki, exploring love, heartbreak, cancer, human values, and the emotional complexities of life.
Rafia Rasool Magmoom...
Should Merit-Based Employment Be Turned Into a Political Spectacle?
by Umair Ul Umar
Merit-based employment should celebrate individual achievement, not political publicity, preserving dignity, fairness, and recognition of hard-earned success.
There was a time when...
Before We Know God, Must We Undo the One We Invented?
by Syed Ahfadul Mujtaba
A comparative exploration of Sartre, Attar, and Bulleh Shah, examining whether humans create God to escape freedom, ego, and loneliness.
Jean-Paul Sartre...
Can the US-Iran Peace Deal End Decades of Hostility?
by Asad Mirza
A new US-Iran peace framework reduces immediate war risks but leaves unresolved nuclear, regional and political disputes threatening durability.
The framework peace agreement...
