RECLAIM THE VERACITY
For generations, the native has been taught that a highest seat of learning exists on the banks of the Dal lake. The University of...
HATE IS NO OPTION
Come Muharam, tensions engulf parts of Srinagar city. The first major problem is that the state, as a matter of policy, has not been...
INTERNET AND DEMOCRACY
IT has revolutionized the world and the economies around. It is the speed of the internet and the pace of the information management that...
LOPSIDED DEVELOPMENT
Kashmir has a decadal developmental deficit. Post-liberalization that triggered massive developmental plans and most of Indian states were busy increasing their capacities to digest...
DIVIDED WE STAND
Internet is a great source of knowledge and humour too. About the peculiar quality of divisions within Kashmiri, a post once said: one Kashmir...
LOST INHERITANCE
G
iven the situation that emerged in Kashmir after the rigged assembly elections in 1987, thousands of residents are living on the other side of...
DURBAR MOVES
Amid celebrations of Eid, what Kashmir will missing is to see the huge caravans of lorries and trucks taking the durbar to Jammu for...
A MATTER OF SURVIVAL
The cancellation of the block development council (BDC) elections after being notified last week was yet another reminder of the grim state of governance...
AN EMERGING SYSTEM
By the middle of November, J&K will have block development councils in place and with this the second tier of Panchayat Raj system will...
EXCLUSIVIST DEMOCRACY
Whenever any member of India’s first family visits Kashmir, it is a major exercise for the hosts. This time, however, it showed as the...
OVER TO LAWMAKERS
After spending five months in Kashmir, the lawmakers will meet for a brief week-long session in Srinagar before driving to Jammu for the next...
RAGING MUSLIM WORLD
A bad film by a mad man that mocks Islam’s most revered prophet has triggered a severe crisis throughout the Muslim world. It has...
SEVEN DAYS
The coalition government has finally decided to convene the autumn session of the state legislative assembly and the council. For 10 days starting Oct...
ADDRESS THE CRISIS NOW
The government has never denied that the phenomenon does not exist. It has, however, offered conflicting statistics about the number of the persons who...
A VISIBLE CRISIS
It is summer and J&K has better discharge in its rivers. Almost all the power projects are operating with full capacity. During the month...
