Existential crisis
In the process of emerging as a genuine alternative to the National Conference (NC) in the state politics,
Damned and Disgraced
The civil society of Kashmir has seen it all; be it political treachery, ideological immorality, financial corruption
Dangerous Change
The last week of February usually marks the end of third and last phase of winters in Kashmir, but not the cold. But that...
INTERNET AND DEMOCRACY
IT has revolutionized the world and the economies around. It is the speed of the internet and the pace of the information management that...
Whither Economy
After Delhi started ruling Jammu and Kashmir through the governor, the only thing that is dominating the entire discourse is the election to the...
Idiom of ethnicity
Kashmir has subsumed life in Kashmir. The problem is bigger than the prospect; political positions on the issue have become more relevant than the...
Welcome signs
The sight of tourists, both from mainland as well as from outside the country, thronging the streets of Srinagar, at times in hordes, is...
A MATTER OF SURVIVAL
The cancellation of the block development council (BDC) elections after being notified last week was yet another reminder of the grim state of governance...
WARMING UP, FINALLY
Yet again, India and Pakistan are exhibiting rare bonhomie across LoC and International Border in J&K. Last week, two teenagers from a Sialkote village...
Omar’s Macchil
When Army announced from Delhi that a court martial probing the Macchil fake encounter has concluded its trial and awarded life sentence to six...
Respect Institutions
It has become a fashion in J&K to ensure that the state has every institution that is conceived anywhere. The last great reference was...
DURBAR MOVES
Amid celebrations of Eid, what Kashmir will missing is to see the huge caravans of lorries and trucks taking the durbar to Jammu for...
What to blame?
July 3, 2012 was a day of indefatigable and infinite terrible incidents as stray dogs were at complete liberty to attack innocents irrespective of...
For Future Sake
It is good to see judiciary take stand against illegal conversion of agriculture land into commercial property. In a place like Kashmir where per...
Immunity from state
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
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
