Don’t Ignore valley-based KPs
Dr. Bashir A DablaWhen majority of Kashmiri Pandits migrated to different places outside the valley from 1990, many of them stayed put in...
Talk purposefully
Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram’s recent Kashmir visit has proved to be very significant. His visit gave peace-building a new chance and a new direction...
Start Pre-Talk Process First
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s impending Srinagar visit has triggered expectations everywhere. Indications emanating from the ‘moderate’ Hurriyat suggest Dr Singh’s visit will mark...
Heading nowhere
Riyaz AhmadOver the past one month, moderate Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar has launched an exuberant campaign for the resumption of dialogue on Kashmir. He...
Fabrication of Evidence
Prof. SM Afzal QadriThe recent developments in the Shopian murder and rape case have once again exposed the affairs and the wrong working of...
Institutional Credibility
Announcing a judicial probe in Shopian case on June 01, chief minister Omar Abdullah made an honest admission. He said the trust in the...
CEMENTING THE DIVIDE
Not withstanding the occasional upsurge in violence, the situation has gradually been improving across J&K for a decade. Though it is yet to fetch...
Fight discrimination
Hamidulah DarThe last two decades have witnessed serious misfortunes for the Kashmiris. Earlier the naked dance of the death left tens of thousands dead...
Spare the Land
For the last many years now, the occupation of land by various security agencies across J&K is in sharp focus. Authorities are right in...
Social impact of militarization
Dr. Bashir A. DablaIt was reported in 1990 that there were about 1,50,000 soldiers stationed in Kashmir, i.e. about 17 soldiers per square mile...
Save future
Ever wiped a tear from an orphan’s cheek or put a palliative hand over his head! Ever spend or thought of spending not a...
Is the sand shifting around Kashmir?
Parvaiz BukhariSitting in Kashmir it appears nothing is changing except the status quo further consolidating itself while resistance remains an under control internal dynamic,...
Trust him
The statecraft that evolved post 2002 is clear that no Kashmir centric political party can be in power in J&K. Congress has emerged as...
Let Kashmir govern itself
Reyaz AhmadThis Assembly session has by far been the murkiest in the state’s history. It started with Mehbooba Mufti’s mike stunt that put news...
Punitive Act
Among all Indian states, J&K has the distinction of having its own constitution. Through its fundamental rights and directive principles, the constitution aims to...
