A Century of Bloodshed
As Israel continues to pound besieged Gaza at a huge human cost – nearly 3,000 killed, in retaliation to an embarrassing Hamas raid into...
Bark, Bite and Shahtoosh
Naeem Akhtar
Nehru Gandhi connection with Kashmir can never be overemphasised as long as our problems rooted in partition of the subcontinent persist. And Kashmir will continue to be a black spot on the name of Jawaharlal who undoubtedly was a great lover of the place.
Remembering Sir Syed
by Khursheed Wani
October 17 evening was unique at picturesque Pahalgam. The fading hoardings with greeting messages for Amarnath pilgrims were out of sync with...
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...
Failing The Education Test
by Riyaz Wani
The charges extracted from the students should be in direct proportion to the quality of the services rendered and to the extent...
Tardy Transit
by Muhammad Nadeem
Public transportation, the lifeblood of any thriving society, connects individuals to their workplaces, schools, healthcare sanctuaries, and beyond. In its ideal manifestation,...
Mapping the Edges
Time and again, ours may be considered activism of extreme frustrations. The feeling that our younger generations from yore have come forward to change a situation, but had no idea of what and how to do so, has seemingly become our destiny.
Tragedies in our history are repeated, because we don’t learn from our mistakes. Empires grow, weaken and die for the same reasons. So, before going further on the repetition course, let’s take a timeout for reflection on our repeated mistakes.
Last week Kashmiri narratives and role of civil society was debated in some public functions. The only emotion that is specifically exhibited is anger. Most anger displays are not pure anger, but anger alloyed with other emotions, such as disgust. We seem to assume that anger is a simple and unitary emotion, and give only brief hints about managing it.
Tragedies in our history are repeated, because we don’t learn from our mistakes. Empires grow, weaken and die for the same reasons. So, before going further on the repetition course, let’s take a timeout for reflection on our repeated mistakes.
Last week Kashmiri narratives and role of civil society was debated in some public functions. The only emotion that is specifically exhibited is anger. Most anger displays are not pure anger, but anger alloyed with other emotions, such as disgust. We seem to assume that anger is a simple and unitary emotion, and give only brief hints about managing it.
Conflict in Campus
by Tasavur Mushtaq
The university of Kashmir, the highest seat of learning, is the abode of thousands of knowledge seekers. Since its inception, albeit as...
Will Harud Douse The Chinars?
Arif Ayaz Parrey
Trust the poet to make a prophecy.
I will die, in autumn, in Kashmir,
and the shadowed routine of each vein
will almost be news,...
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...
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...
Riverbed Devastation
Government officials avoid implementing rules till the vested interests resort to unfair means and destroy Kashmir’s water bodies. Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat details how...
Remembering Iqbal: beyond the rhetoric
Zamir Ahmed
Iqbal Bhi Iqbal se Aagaah nahi hai,
Iqbal Bhi Iqbal se Aagaah nahi hai,
Freedom, or Waiting for Ghani in Kashmir
Prashant Keshavmurthy situates Ghani Kashmiri, the seventeenth century Persian language poet in the troubled contemporary Kashmir. What does it mean for someone today to...
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...
