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Monday, May 6, 2024
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Discourse

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

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From chugging of a train to the letter that was withdrawn, writes Zahoor Malik A number of people like the chugging of trains, particularly in...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

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,

Checkmating BJP

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...

Gandhian Politics

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...

Deconstructing Mufti

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...

The Charity Debate

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...

Decontrolled Mutton

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...