Discourse

by Khursheed Wani The controversial dissolution of state assembly by Governor Satya Pal Malik would escort the embattled state into election mode and trigger permutations...

Frequent invoking of Gandhian ideology by Kashmiri politicians reflects the impact of important national leaders on politics in Kashmir, writes Zahoor Malik PDP president Mehbooba...

by Masood Hussain Mufti Sayeed is one of the few Kashmir politicians who left no autobiography behind. This leaves his half-a-century of public life to...

by Riyaz Wani The past four months have witnessed Kashmiris donating generously to poor people asking for alms online, in many cases the amount in lakhs...

Permitting demand-supply to decide pricing in Rs 15000 crore livestock sector is a good intervention. However, unregulated pricing in imperfect markets having regulated supply...

by Shazia Yousuf When you get in, they are damp with summer perspiration. When you sit in, the sticky dirt steals your morning freshness. Its...

By Khursheed Wani Weddings with extravaganza are linked with the state of normalcy in Kashmir. In 2010, the ministry of home affairs, in its annual...

Dr Gull Muhammad Wani

The fact that Vice President of the Republic of India concluded his convocation address by quoting Edmund Burke that “the only thing necessary for triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing” is an intellectual provocation to people in the arena of public life, academia and other sectors to explore multiple meanings of his convocation address.
The central idea of Hamid Ansari’s convocation address was to chalk out a vision for India in 21st century in which he found that smaller identities have to coexist with the larger identity that India constitutes. He believes that in a composite nationalism, the smaller identities can only be integrated with the larger identity and there is no scope for assimilation. He examined the issues of deprivation and alienation and found that it is the powerlessness which drives out the smaller identities and pushes them into the alienation trap.

Getting bored is not as boring as it gets, writes Azra Hussain Even though it is a very uncomfortable feeling, boredom does not affect us...

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...

The rudimentary shifts dictated by the Fourth Industrial Revolution has posed newer challenges to societies across the globe. Dr Mehboob Makhdoomi, who was educated in...

As Israel continues to pound besieged Gaza at a huge human cost – nearly 3,000 killed, in retaliation to an embarrassing Hamas raid into...

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.

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...

For managing joblessness in one of the least poor territories in India, Syed Suhail Yaqoob argues for a quick rethink in curriculum and innovative...