Hollowed Slogans
PDP had promised J&K a responsive, honest and clean administration that will be accountable. After three quarters and various administrative reshuffles later, it continues...
Dateline Srinagar
One of India’s most respected editors, Shekhar Gupta was honest in admitting the fact that Delhi media looks at Kashmir more as a security...
Time And Space
In the space and time paradox, Kashmir is increasingly losing its ‘time’ in the ‘space’ debate. Gigabytes of data was consumed by the discussion...
Re-Engaging Punjab
Chief Secretaries of Punjab and J&K had a detailed sitting last week. The two states are running a festering dispute over water and Punjab...
Say No, At Least
It has been more than a year since Prime Minister Narendra Modi found Dal Lake, Jhelum and Srinagar converted into a little ocean. It...
Revive SFC First
Narrow resource base has historically remained a key factor responsible for the huge infrastructure deficit in J&K. That was perhaps why the NHPC has...
Money Matters
For most of the human history, the first person outside the family who would know everything about a member of the family was a...
A Year After
Floods have devastated Kashmir in almost all eras. But what makes the September 2014 flood different was that it hit the capital at a...
Tourism Talk
Politicians have always projected tourism as the barometer of the improved situation and the backbone to the fragile economy of Kashmir. It suited them...
Collateral Damage
Ahead of NSA level of talks between India and Pakistan, the Line of Control and parts of the International Border in Jammu & Kashmir...
Engage Youth
As newspapers reported violence re-emerging as the new tool of communication between the young and the government, security set-up of J&K played it down....
Troubled Times
In her latest Srinagar visit, noted environmental activist Sunita Narian was offended by a set of questions that she faced after delivering an impressive...
Natural Fury
With 19 incidents of cloudbursts followed by flash floods claiming 5 lives reported in Kashmir in last 20 days, Mother Nature is back in...
Don’t Forget
Every year the holy month of Ramzan brings in a sense of inner peace and piety. People are at their pious best. Everyone tries...
Outsourced
Last week there were three small news items that got neglected in the flow of routine. All three news items involved non-locals living in...
