Future Imperfect
because 2011 was a good one, it is no guarantee that 2012 will be a better one. So, we are already preparing for the...
Voters have Spoken
The much awaited Lok Sabha results are out with some ‘surprising’ revelations. When it comes to Kashmir, the ruling coalition alliance had been white...
Constitutionally Right?
Governors as federal agents in states in India are constitutionally empowered to monitor the overall functioning of the state governments. It is their constitutional...
HEAL THYSELF, Dr.
Sometimes, lot many things happen on a particular front. That exactly happened on health sector last week when some interesting statistics were revealed. Dr...
Editorial
Press Council Visit
Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) was correct in suggesting the Press Council of India (PCI) that the institution must make efforts and salvage...
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...
Dear Readers!
After the on-going crisis started early last month, this is the fifth issue that is in your hands. The irregularity with which we are...
A dangerous fraud
Naeem AkhtarThe other day I received a call from an unknown number. On the other side was a voice that sounded noble, gentle and...
Let Institutions Function
In the wake of the brutal gangrape of a Delhi girl, who later died abroad, the Bar at Saket decided that they will not...
Of Kettles and Pots
An education minister can cheat, help his son cheat and by rational deduction actually cheats his own blood as well. Normally, it should shock...
Divide And FALL
In last two and half decades of conflict Kashmir seems to be running on a hyper active mode when it comes to reactions. We...
Stop Joking Mr CM
Shahnawaz KhanThis is not the first time that Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah has talked about democratic means of protest. In the last six weeks,...
Denied
International watchdog Amnesty International’s latest report on human rights abuses in Kashmir titled Denied: Failures in accountability for human rights violations by security force...
Revive Art Forms
Keeping aside the discourse created against the conduct of Bavarain music concert by Zubin Mehta in Shalimar garden and the stubbornness of the organizers...
Building Chaos
Post 2014 floods, apart from managing livelihood crisis, the biggest challenge faced by Kashmir was: how to undertake massive reconstruction and rebuilding the damaged...
