Climatic Change
It may still take some time to see icicles in Srinagar, but thank God, we finally have the season’s first snowfall in the plains...
Tackle darkness
severe chill, the residents of Sirhama a small hamlet in Bijbehara have seen electricity in their homes for not more than 10 hours in...
Suffering With Referrals
The district hospitals and sub centers, in every district of Kashmir, suffer from what many would call “refer disease”. From the headache to an abdominal pain everything gets referred to hospitals of Srinagar.
Student Politics
recent events and the temperament of activity in the Universities in Kashmir are any indication something ‘apolitically’ political is brewing. Student politics and indeed...
Faith and Responsibility
week when the state government decided advancing the winter vacation from December 1, it surprised many because the schools would usually run till the...
Planning Blind Spot
in most of the world are a phase that people enjoy. Winter tourism is a huge business worldwide. Off late, Kashmir is trying its...
Power And AFSPA
there is one thing that the incumbent chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir did which got the widest attention in India as well in...
Politics And AFSPA
With five states in India approaching elections, the debate over partial withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in parts of Jammu...
Respect Childhood
For two days in the lower court premises of Srinagar, there were crowds desperately trying to have a look at three kids who cops...
Sleeping Giant?
Twenty years. A sliver of time in the grand scheme of things, perhaps. But for some, twenty years can be formative. They can be...
Future Imperfect
because 2011 was a good one, it is no guarantee that 2012 will be a better one. So, we are already preparing for the...
Consumer Interest
Eid is round the corner and within days the market will have an impressive appetite for almost everything – the apparels, shoe-wear, food and...
[Mis]education in Kashmir
Kashmir’sMinister of EducationPeerzada Mohammad Sayed has said this week that Jammu and Kashmir has recorded approximately a 15% increase in the literacy during the...
What Slums?
The government has clarified that a proposed bill about ‘rehabilitation’ of slum dwellers likely to be tabled in the ongoing autumn session of the...
Be Realistic
Unlike other parts of India, politicians in Kashmir have rarely required people’s support. But whenever they needed, they innovated ideas to make them dance...
