Voting Shame
The cross-voting of Bharatiya Janata Party lawmakers in the legislative council elections has again exposed the immaturity of the democratic set up in Jammu...
Give it a break
Summers in Kashmir are no longer what they used to be. These days, summers here are more synonymous with uncertainty and death than beauty...
Non-productive spending
A cursory glance over the recent budget document laid before the House by the state’s finance minister reveals an astonishingly dismal state of affairs....
Blacking out truth
The Amnesty International (AI) has never been allowed to investigate human rights abuses inside Kashmir. Last year the AI circumvented the restrictions by sending...
Dividing society
Ever since Kashmir landed into the crisis of blood and gore, the discourse that has dominated the state policy continues to be that sections...
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Kashmir Life has completed two years of uninterrupted publication. This issue that you have in your hands marks the beginning of the third year.
In...
Avoid Knee jerk remedies
C Rangarajan and company has churned out yet another magic document that would theoretically see an end to all the miseries, the people of...
Respect linguistic diversity
Language is the representative of culture. The manifestation, realization and transmission of culture, Humans have evolved for hundreds of years, primarily takes through the...
Spirit of justice
Justice is the moving spirit behind the modern democratic institutions. The notion of justice subsumes the fundamentals of fairness, equality, freedom and so on....
Dialogue pays
Rays of hope have started to emerge on the political horizons of the subcontinent after the India-Pakistan foreign secretary level talks at Thimpu culminated...
CRUMBLING EDIFICE
The great land of Pharaohs is all set for a political showdown. The powerful political edifice built over a period of more than three...
A WORLD DISCOVERED
The snow-bound mountains surrounding the valley of Kashmir have always kept the world beyond, out of bounds for its denizens.For some the world outside...
NEED FOR INSTITUTION BUILDING
building constitutes a fundamental objective of nations. The shared dreams of a civilized society are realized through the institutions it evolves in the course...
Caught in petty politics
With January 26 approaching, the atmosphere of fear has started taking the valley into its fold. For the last twenty years the 26th of...
Don’t sleep over it
Even after the tremendous expansion of medical services over the last few decades, healthcare in Kashmir still leaves a lot to be desired.Be it...
