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Sunday, April 28, 2024
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Discourse

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

The Choices before Them!

Dr Altaf Hussain Para Now the much hyped election process of Jammu & Kashmir is over and the people have made their choice in a...

Blood, Ballot and Boycott

Javaid Ahmad Mir It is for the fermentation of this magical word “azaadi” that has spilled the streams of blood down the terrains of a...

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...

Understanding Modi’s Kashmir

Tasavur Mushtaq Finally it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Srinagar to address his maiden election rally. Prior to his arrival, the city and its adjoining...

Life Behind Barriers

Saba  It was a rainy morning of July. The heatwave which was at its height had been instantly replaced by playful cold breeze coming across...

Palestine: In solidarity

Irtif Lone Dear Brothers and Sisters of Palestine, I am writing to you with a sense of shame.  For last week and so, I have wanted...

Need Mirrors On Roads

With narrow roads and increasing traffic navigating your way through the mess is a risky job. Aamir Amin Nowshahri argues how lack of driving...

Dare them to do it!

Eminent economist and intellectual Haseeb A Drabu responds to the Article 370 controversy that a junior minister in Narendra Modi’s council stirred on the...

Pakistani Prisoners In India

  Panthers Party founder and senior supreme court lawyer Prof Bhim Singh has issued the following report about the status of Pakistani nationals in Indian...

An Employment Policy That Never Was!

Mir Hussain The only time politicians are shaken from their slumber is the canvassing period pre-elections and the very brief period after its results are...

A Defeat and A Boycott

Why NC lost the game and how the separatist boycott influenced the outcome, an analysis by Nazir Hussain On May 7th after the last vote...

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...

Is Kashmir actually the jugular vein for Pakistan?

Christopher Snedden Surprisingly, the leader of the Pakistan Army, General Raheel Sharif, once again recently talked about ‘Kashmir’ being the ‘jugular vein’ for Pakistan. Given...

J&K’s Chequered Democratic History

Christopher Snedden  Since 1947, disputed Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has had a chequered democratic history. The table below provides details about elections conducted since 1947....

‘Free People’ of the ‘Free Land’

Irfan Tramboo Long ago I used to hear about the terms like occupation, resistance, resolutions, injustice, enquiries and many other related terms. And people would...