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Thursday, April 18, 2024
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Discourse

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

Srinagar Must Vote, Even for NC

Naeem Akhtar A two end axis has emerged in the state electoral politics which seems to have become immutable since 1996.Separatists led by Syed Ali...
Prof Mehraj Uddin Mir

Influenced By Strife

I. The Perspective: Police is the first agency in the criminal justice system, their approach and attitude in handling the cases has a very important...

Military solution won’t work

Wajahat QaziThe gory daylight murder of three young men at the peak of their lives in a busy market square happens soon after the...

Appearances are Deceptive

Saba Savera There’s nothing new or original left to say about hijab. People have aired their views; tried to clear out the confusions. They have done it...

Resistance: Between The Pages

Mir Liyaqat The post 1990 literary landscape of Kashmir is dotted with the tales of trauma and torture after the dissent was muzzled and muffled...

Seminaries In Focus

Dar-ul-Ulooms and Madrassas have remained part of Kashmir’s Muslim ethos for centuries. Never ever have these institutions, preaching and teaching the faith, landed in...

Modi, Mehbooba and other matters

By Sameer Bhat Modi is the new monarch in Delhi. Apart from trampling over the Congress, which he reduced to a rump party, he has...

MAT for MBA, MFC

The University of Kashmir will not conduct any entrance for admission to MBA and MFC courses offered by it. Rather, it will shortlist students...

The truth around lies

Zamir  AhmadA fundamental difference between truth and falsehood, as per Georges Braque, is that truth exists and falsehood has to be invented. The times...

Improved Participation

by Sheikh Qayoom Parliamentary election 2019 in Srinagar was a welcome departure from the by-poll of 2017. Just 7.14 per cent votes were cast in...

Drawing Blanks

By: Khursheed Wani Holding elections to get a group of legislators and parliamentarians is not new in Kashmir, nor is the effort of the pro-freedom...

Imbalanced

By Khursheed Wani The people of Kashmir are fighting a long drawn battle for their existence. The bullets and pellets fired to silence the population...

Echo: A case study

ZUBAIR LONE In Greek and Roman mythologies, gods are the superior most divinities. Gods are followed by Nymphs. They are lesser divinities represented as young...

Middle East’s Political Identity

By Iqbal Sonaullah Almost none among the Middle East countries have an independent political identity: all of them gain a semblance of recognition by their...

An Editor Socialite

by Khursheed Wani The killers had no intention to alert or intimidate Shujaat Bukhari. They came to eliminate him and left the site only after...