Assess Crop Damage
most of the summer, Kashmir has been desperately praying for a rainfall. But it skipped even the peak of monsoon which many think is...
Leaking Diplomacy
That it is a huge embarrassment for the State Department is an old story. The US cables leaked by the whistleblower website WikiLeaks, apart...
Amnesty And Justice
On the eve of Eid, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah as a goodwill gesture announced his government had decided to give the youth involved in...
Dead Ain’t Silent
Last week, the state police in Vaijaypur solved a mystery. A widow had made an application to police that her nine-year-old son had gone...
Baking on Dementia
Right now, most attention of the political groups is focused towards what the three interlocutors on Kashmir will say. Though divided within, they will...
Volunteer Time
Kashmir having a massive destitute population is something that neither requires education nor a survey. Every lane and every village has got its own...
Education and Alienation
THE government policy of opening new colleges arbitrarily in rural areas is beginning to get exposed as another avenue for the ruling classes to...
No running away
For last more than two decades, Kashmir tragically has become home for every kind of tragedy that a human mind can think of. Almost...
Handle With Care
In the midst of a working summer, after three years, Kashmir is confronted with an issue that is highly sensitive. A young housewife from...
Be transparent
When abnormal enters the realm of normal, horrible happenings get normalized. The incident recently of some female pilgrims to Amarnath shrine reportedly complaining of...
Inertia costs
It could be a never ending debate if it is a set mind or a mindset that is key to the lethargic policy formulation...
Revisit the policy
a time when Kashmir is expecting a fall of more than sixty percent in its horticulture produce, the hospitality and the handicraft sectors are...
Empower panchayats
Barring a patch in remote Zansakar, the Panchayat elections are over. Now every village of the state has its representative and a stake in...
Remove trust deficit
The completion of panchayat elections in the state without any major untoward incident points to a peaceful summer ahead. The tourist arrivals are on...
Save water resources
Kashmir is called the ‘paradise on earth’ primarily for its abundant water resources. However, preservation, protection and development of these vital resources has never...
