In the name of Manmohan Singh
Naeem Akhtar
Irrespective of the results that must be out by now, one fact came out clearly in the just concluded Lok Sabha elections. That is the complete ideological bankruptcy of National Conference and its near total dysfunction as the premier political organisation of the state.
There was not a single issue of substance the ruling party touched in its campaign. After having declared in the wake of his personal setback in January this year at the hands of his son, Farooq Abdullah was asked as to what would happen to the Autonomy proposal of his party. Farooq who can be brutally honest at times made a plain declaration. The newspapers reported him as saying “it will go with me to my grave”.
Maharaja Malik
by Khursheed Wani
Talking to technology students at Gwalior, Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik made a creative remark on his hasty decision to...
The Other Sheikh Abdullah
Naeem Akhtar
Around the time in 1905 Sher i Kashmir Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah was born in Srinagar,
Around the time in 1905 Sher i Kashmir Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah was born in Srinagar,
Dangal Makeover
By: Khursheed Wani
(Zaira Wasim with Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti (KL Image))
On January 14, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti had no official engagement related to the...
A Covid Spring
A year later when the economic forces are fighting to undo the impact Kashmir took in the last two years, the contagion is ferociously...
Elections? When?
by Khursheed Wani
From the day Governor Satya Pal Malik dramatically dissolved the state assembly in November 2018, the election discourse began taking the centre...
Weakening Social Fabric
Enam Lone
In this modern world, our rate of change of almost everything is fast. That of trending careers and fashions. That of advancement in...
Polling again?
By: Khursheed Wani
Romantic poets have been fascinated by the fragrance of flowers, riot of colours and the darling buds of May. When conflict overtakes...
Rajnath’s Revelations
Khursheed Wani
On October 23, Home Minister Rajnath Singh arrived in Srinagar for a daylong visit to oversee the security and developmental scenario. The visit...
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...
Narendra Modi’s Historic Opportunity
Settling Kashmir is a historic opportunity for the Prime Minsrer Narendra Modi, writes former minster and Congress leader Prof Saifuddin Soz in The Wire
The...
Barred Basics
by Tasavur Mushtaq
In January 2020, five months after Jammu and Kashmir was downgraded into two Union Territories, internet access was declared as a fundamental right....
Smart Strategy Required?
The second wave of Covid-19 and its impact on the Kashmir economy can be managed by peoples’ participation and smart strategy writes Syed Suhail...
A General Visit
Army chief General M M Naravane concluded his Kashmir visit on a positive note writes Zahoor Malik
Army chief General M M Naravane concluded his...
Kashmiri Pundits: WILL THEY RETURN OR NOT
Dr Bashir A Dabla
After mass migration of the KPs from Kashmir in 1991-93, the sole question of basic importance remained will they return back? ...
