Jamming Jobs
Recruitments in the government are chaotic and painful, writes Tasvur Mushtaq in the backdrop of the SSB crisis in police SI examinations
Job is a...
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...
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”.
Killing fields
by Sheikh Mushtaq
On a cool spring morning, a 120mm mortar shell fired by Pakistani troops whistles overhead and explodes with a roar inside a mud house...
Sharing A Style?
Is Dr Farooq Abdullah delivering his political speeches the same way as Dilip Kumar would deliver his dialogues, asks Zahoor Malik
Many people from television...
1947: How Delhi Provoked Tribal Invasion In Kashmir
By Mehboob Makhdoomi
October reminds us of the October of 1947, which is usually remembered for the entry of Indian forces in Kashmir on its 27th day...
Doc, Heal Thyself
The health givers are messiahs in their own right because they help people to live longer, reduce their pain and contribute immensely to the...
Divine Drive
The Greater Eid, the Eid al Azha that falls after the Haj pilgrimage is a major Muslim festival. However, the two-and-a-half-day festival that witnesses...
A bit of this and that
If knowledge is power, we are not doing too well. No one in his right mind would today oppose the need for a high degree
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...
Taqdeer versus Tadbeer
From chugging of a train to the letter that was withdrawn, writes Zahoor Malik
A number of people like the chugging of trains, particularly in...
Liberating Learning
As the Sun had its last loveliest smile, winter, the loneliest season of the year has already begun. With almost every facet of life...
Crowd, not a nation
Hamidullah Dar
Nations face momentary halts not menacing defeats but the fate of crowds is otherwise. If people of a particular geographical unit with a common language behave like
Nations face momentary halts not menacing defeats but the fate of crowds is otherwise. If people of a particular geographical unit with a common language behave like
A Gasping Gulmarg
By Khursheed Wani
Gulmarg’s tryst with travelers is historic. From the British officers of the Rawalpindi and Quetta garrisons to the Nawabs of undivided Punjab...
SKIMS: Direction is important than motion
Tarique A Bhat
Our apex healthcare Institute has performed more than 10,000 major surgeries in 2008,
Our apex healthcare Institute has performed more than 10,000 major surgeries in 2008,
