To Barkha Dutt, With Conflict
By Dr Qayum Hamid Changal
Before I pour down my thoughts ahead, I want to assure you that I am not writing it under the...
DPS Row: An Alumna Speaks Up
By Ann Saad
Keeping the recent rush of write ups on Delhi Public School (DPS) abaya row in mind, let’s put the things in perspective....
Broaden Your Horizons
By Mehboob Makhdoomi
It fills my heart with joy to see some of our youth qualify competitive exams which are held at the 'All India...
In Whatsapp Defence
By Masood Hussain
(Moments before he could address a presser, cops whisking away Mushtaq Ul Islam in Srinagar. A Kashmir Life Image)
In run-up to the...
NIT Fiasco
Mir Liyakat
The day right wing forces came to power in Delhi; the already malignant democratic face of India become more darkish and perilous particularly...
The Show Must Go On!
By Basharat Ali
A Kashmiri student studying in India finds a mention in news these days. For raising a slogan, for cheering for his favourite...
The Many Faces of Kashmiri Nationalism, A Review
Book: The Many Faces of Kashmiri Nationalism (From The Cold War To The Present Day)
Author: Nandita Haksar
Print Length: xvi + 335
Genre: Non Fiction / Narrative
Publisher: Speaking Tiger, New...
Colour Demystified
By Dr Farah Sameem
The colour of a person’s skin has great aesthetic connotations. Be it the Helen of Troy, Cleopatra, Anarkali or the present...
Mehbooba: Change or Surrender
By Tasavur Mushtaq
Mehbooba Mufti’s drive to Bijbehara today to pay homage to her father Mufti Muhammad Sayeed wasn’t a routine travel. The scenario when...
Captive to ‘Sweet Will’
By Tasavur Mushtaq
Kashmir has a history of being subject to the ‘sweet will’ of its political leaders, its people and the ‘pleasure’ of...
‘Kashmir Resolution can Unlock War in Afghanistan’
By Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai
The idea that the dispute over the status of Jammu and Kashmir can be settled “only in accordance with the...
Deconstructing Er Rasheed
By Fida Firdous
A concept, says an American author, Charlotte P. Gillmanan, is stronger than a fact. Portraying facts representing “actuality” with some degree of...
Rise And You Will, An Open Letter To EDI
By Zamir A Qadri
Dear friends at EDI (the ‘Ediots’, as we would call each other).
I won't begin by saying that I know your pain. That...
Benazir Bhutto in Mehbooba Mufti
By Nayeem Showkat Khan
On the other side of the border, General Zia-ul-Haq hanged Quaid-i-Awam, Zulifakar Ali Bhutto on 4th April, 1979. This news spread...
Baptised By Fire
Sheikh Qayoom
Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, the grand old man of Kashmir’s politics has left behind a political legacy which is not created by men born...
