Editorial

Ashiq  Khan
Human rights and civil liberties groups, separatist, even some pro-India political parties, have been demanding, for quite some time now,  the revocation of laws providing immunity to army and paramilitaries operating in Kashmir

If there is something that has remained elusive to Kashmir throughout its history, it is the idea of unity. The divisions and subdivisions that emerged

Ibrahim Wani
He considered suicide as the only option available to him. For the last time he fed his ailing grandfather, and then hanged himself. In another case, a boy talked to his mother for the last time. And then he just wrote a suicide note before hanging himself.

For a very long time, Kashmir lacked avenues for investment. Usually it will be the real estate and the fat weddings that would devour...

Ban on post-paid SMS services in J&K and its revocation a few hours later was a mix of surprise and shock. It was surprising because it seemed part 2 of the state’s immobility efforts for the cell phone. And it was shocking because the objective seemed to control information taking the abused security route.

Dr. Bashir Ahmad Dabla

In the last few months, central and state legislators have passed some important legislations regarding reservation of seats in educational institutions and government employment sector for various groups and communities in the country.

State legislature managed the passage of a bill that banned inter-district recruitments on district cadre posts; an issue gradually snowballed into a crisis. On the last day of the budget session, it happened at the peak of bedlam, damage to furniture and tearing apart the business sheets of the day. State’s principal opposition PDP said it was not even permitted to speak on the subject.

Shazia Khan

With deterioration in literature and fine arts, the self esteem of a society takes a hit. Then many half truths and myths are associated with them. Other people with more self-righteous notions, even when misplaced, feel free to degrade such people and societies. An actress who, flashes her body and an anorexic figure to earn a living can’t be an exception. Prikanya Chopra after enjoying hospitality and warmth of people here, on her last day in Srinagar tweeted, “Shooting in Kashmir has been insanely tiring… last day in Srinagar… off to Delhi this afternoon! Phew… will b (sic) back to civilization soon…”