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...
READY & ABLE
The Minister for Higher Education, Abdul Gani Malik, has recently stated that district employment and counseling centers in Jammu and Kashmir have registered roughly...
Creating linkages
Higher education has witnessed vigorous growth in Jammu and Kashmir in the last two decades. Many institutions of higher learning have been set up...
Painful silence
The obstinacy of the union government in not allowing the prosecution of armed forces personnel by the civilian courts of Jammu and Kashmir involved...
Constitutionally Right?
Governors as federal agents in states in India are constitutionally empowered to monitor the overall functioning of the state governments. It is their constitutional...
Make Time
In the last six years, lot of changes were effected in the way J&K legislates, debates the public issues, agrees and disagrees on the...
Of Kettles and Pots
An education minister can cheat, help his son cheat and by rational deduction actually cheats his own blood as well. Normally, it should shock...
Elusive Jobs
Unlike many states, especially the developed ones, it is the government in J&K that is the biggest spender. By an average, not less than...
Dog days
People spilled a lot of anger on the face book last week after a child was mauled by stray dogs in the city. He...
Act now
When a newspaper reported that the government was buried under the snowfall, it was correct. Because four feet snow accumulation over the Pir Panchal...
Unnatural Excuses
The location of Kashmir is often discussed from a geo-strategic perspective. The discourses about the region and its people are mostly overshadowed by its...
