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Debate

On crucial subjects and happenings, we invite individuals to express their opinions with the sole motive to improve the informed opinion. People can write in agreement or can disagree as long as they avoid staying anonymous.

What Does IMHANS Mean for Mental Health in Kashmir?

by Dr Insha Rauf Dr Hoch’s vision of a general hospital psychiatry unit has materialised at SMHS, in a three-storey building that houses general psychiatry...

How Did Erna Hoch Change Psychiatry In Kashmir?

by Dr Iqra Rashid Shah Her popularity with patients was such that she once suffered a bruised rib when an old shepherdess hugged her too...

When Does Entertainment Become Exploitation?

by Sheikh Ayesha Islam For parents and caregivers, the task extends beyond supervision. It calls for active mediation, co-viewing, and turning media into a teaching...

Is Nanotechnology the Future of Healing?

by Bazil Gulzar Wani The challenge is to make treatments affordable and scalable so that they are not confined to a wealthy minority. This requires...

How Does This Rule Redefine Merit?

by Ahmed Ziya Siddiqui Jammu and Kashmir’s deviation from this practice deepens the disadvantage faced by open merit candidates. Already limited to 40 per cent...

Is India Being Squeezed by a New Regional Axis?

by Asad Mirza Reports suggest the talks revolved around strengthening economic and security ties, with special attention to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and broader regional...

Will Kashmir’s Talent Be Wasted?

by Ruhail Maqbool Sheikh The plight of contractual youth cannot be separated from the wider crisis of unemployment in Jammu and Kashmir. Both are bound...

Who is Iqbal Ahmad, the Numismatist of Kashmir?

by Muhammad Nadeem Pir Mohammad Iqbal, formerly Assistant Curator at the SPS Museum in Srinagar, is more popularly known by his pen name, Iqbal Ahmad....

Can Agroforestry Secure Jammu Kashmir’s Future?

by Tanveer Rather  States are permitted to utilise up to five per cent of allocated funds for capacity building and training. All training materials and...

What Price Does Progress Demand in the Pir Panjal?

by Dr Junaid Jazib What older generations recall as rare calamities are now recurrent events. Developmental works may promise progress, yet when pursued without ecological...

Can AI Stop the Next Cloudburst?

by Er Navaid Runyal Artificial Intelligence can analyse patterns faster than any human team. When connected with field instruments and satellite data, it becomes a...

Second Round of Iran-Israel War?

by Asad Mirza After Israeli strikes in June and the American bombing of three Iranian nuclear installations on the ninth day of the conflict, the...

Is Merit the Real Casualty?

by Iqbal Ahmad If you have struggled with dedication and still failed to obtain the job you sought, the fault lies not with you but...

Can Arka and Arunika Power India’s Leap into the Supercomputing Future?

by Umaima Reshi India’s Arka and Arunika supercomputers strengthen astrophysics, nuclear research, and weather forecasting. Though modest globally, they symbolise cultural heritage, self-reliance, and digital...

Will Merit Survive Without Urgent Reform?

by Maryam Qasim Instead of empowering individuals, the policy entrenches reliance on quotas, allowing caste divisions to persist and even deepen. https://youtu.be/SiUoYIFVXHw?si=R9zmZgN0h3JYKdMV Imagine a classroom preparing for...