Guardian Secretaries
Jammu and Kashmir has changed a lot in terms of population and the government in the last seven decades. At one point of time,...
Back To Village
Last month, a record number of officers up to the Principal Secretary level were out in the Kashmir periphery to listen to the people...
Yatra And Hospitality
At a time when the occupancy in Kashmir hotels is below one-fourth, the start of the yearly Amarnath yatra could have been a game...
Revisiting The Village
Though more than 70 per cent of the gazetted cadre in Jammu and Kashmir’s administration is from a rural background and aware of the...
Revival Needed
Markets are showing the same morbidity that was seen after the 2014 floods. There were serious efforts to revive but the 2016 unrest came...
Whither Assembly Elections
The elaborate exercise of holding Lok Sabha elections is now nearing to closure in India. By May 23, everybody will know who will lead...
Ramzan Responsibilities
What has been usually seen in Kashmir during the Muslim month of fasting is that the governance structure gets into action weeks ahead of...
Denied Basics
In a tragic incident, a pregnant lady was denied ambulance by Primary Health Centre, Kalaroos in frontier Kupwara district, which led to her delivering...
Exhibit Restraint
The electioneering has remained a comparatively peaceful affair since 2014. There were not many attacks on the people contesting polls, during the process. It...
Stop state squeeze
Journalists have been under threat for long.
Getting hauled up by the police is routine. Getting beaten up by the security forces is usual. Getting...
Decade of Difference
In 2009, when Ms Jawahara Shawl decided to launch Kashmir Life, she just hoped to promote a small media venture that is distinct in...
New Disorder
After the war clouds started fading from the subcontinent skies and India and Pakistan initiated the process of acquiring new arsenal, Kashmir gradually pushed...
Supporting Didi
In wake of the standoff between Mamta Banerjee and the CBI (read central government) over the raids on West Bengal police chief, the Kashmir...
PM Visit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is flying to the state for a day and the security grid is on tenterhooks. The premier’s visit to Kashmir...
In Anticipation
Indications are clear that the Jammu and Kashmir will not have the remote rule for a long time as the process for the state...
