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Monday, November 25, 2024

Discourse

This is a section of opinion and analysis, mostly based on the current issues.

Decontrolled Mutton

Permitting demand-supply to decide pricing in Rs 15000 crore livestock sector is a good intervention. However, unregulated pricing in imperfect markets having regulated supply...
Sopore aerial view

Perpetual Pain 

After days of labour and longing, the corpse of Sopore teenager, flown with the fury of Jhelum remains untraced. With hands joining to ensure...

Liberating Learning

As the Sun had its last loveliest smile, winter, the loneliest season of the year has already begun. With almost every facet of life...

Divine Drive

The Greater Eid, the Eid al Azha that falls after the Haj pilgrimage is a major Muslim festival. However, the two-and-a-half-day festival that witnesses...

Jamming Jobs

Recruitments in the government are chaotic and painful, writes Tasvur Mushtaq in the backdrop of the SSB crisis in police SI examinations Job is a...

Travel Traversities

Helping people travel faster and better with their dignity intact must be a priority for the government. It will improve growth, and confidence and...

Daughters First

Reports of women abuse in the family set-up indicate a crisis that the Kashmir society may have to tackle up-front. It will start a...

Barbaric Blazes

by Tasavur Mushtaq Dreamhouse is a desire. But, owning a home is basic. Historically, a symbol of success and stability, building a home is beyond...

Manage This Happy Horror

Grades in examinations are no sure indicator of a student’s efficiency and capacity. For most of the higher studies institutions go for a separate...

Srinagar First

by Masood Hussain For most of the last one thousand years, Srinagar has survived as Kashmir’s capital. This is in addition to its other identities...

A Grim Situation

For managing joblessness in one of the least poor territories in India, Syed Suhail Yaqoob argues for a quick rethink in curriculum and innovative...

Boredom Is Creative?

Getting bored is not as boring as it gets, writes Azra Hussain Even though it is a very uncomfortable feeling, boredom does not affect us...

Gandhian Politics

Frequent invoking of Gandhian ideology by Kashmiri politicians reflects the impact of important national leaders on politics in Kashmir, writes Zahoor Malik PDP president Mehbooba...

Taqdeer versus Tadbeer

From chugging of a train to the letter that was withdrawn, writes Zahoor Malik A number of people like the chugging of trains, particularly in...
Dr Farooq Abdullah being honoured at a Kashmir shrine

Sharing A Style?

Is Dr Farooq Abdullah delivering his political speeches the same way as Dilip Kumar would deliver his dialogues, asks Zahoor Malik Many people from television...