HYDRA-HEAD OF CORRUPTION
Not withstanding the existing institutional mechanism in J&K, the battle against corruption is getting murkier. Corruption is indulged in more innovatively. Though media is...
What to blame?
July 3, 2012 was a day of indefatigable and infinite terrible incidents as stray dogs were at complete liberty to attack innocents irrespective of...
HEAL THYSELF, Dr.
Sometimes, lot many things happen on a particular front. That exactly happened on health sector last week when some interesting statistics were revealed. Dr...
STATE AND SHRINES
MUHAMMAD AHSEEM
One of the larger realities of Kashmir is that it has not been able to separate politics from faith. In the tyrannical rules...
Don’t Mess with it
Mohammed Ahseem
Traffic business in the state is getting murkier, day after day. The new avatar of traffic management system put in place in the...
PRESSING ISSUES
It was an impressive gathering that had gathered to interact with the visiting sub-committee that Press Council of India had sent to Kashmir. Mandated...
Build Capacity
This summer’s tourist arrivals have been quite impressive. If the arrivals and the booking are any trend, this is going to be the best...
Clean the system
It was not amusing to see a contingent of policemen cleaning the G B Panth children’s hospital the other day in the cantonment area...
Virtually Real
If Facebook were a country, it would reportedly be the third largest country in the world, with more than 900 million registered profiles. Just...
Green Signal
Traffic in Kashmir is a mess. It has been so for a long time. The authorities blame it on bad driver behavior and lack...
Hara-Kiri
The recent revelations in the Delhi-based The Times of India that the union government is ‘wading into the sectarian duel between Barelvis and Wahabis...
Selectively Virtuous
If you’re in Lal Chowk at any given time of the day, in the midst of the general commotion, you can often hear a...
Make Room
After the spine-chilling winter, Kashmir is readying for the summer. Almonds are blooming, so are tulips and an anticipated rush of tourists making authorities...
Confidence Quotient
For nearly half of the year, the government is busy hawking the ‘peace dividend’. From the impressive tourist arrivals to the better management of...
Delay Is Denial
When the Commissions of Inquiry Act was passed in 1952 by the parliament of India it was extended to the entire country to make...
