Who is Rabia Baji?
Claims and counter-claims apart, Rabia Baji, a former Congress activist turned social worker, is full of surprises. All set to contest coming Lok Sabha...
Interestingly Triangular
Contrary to the popular discourse that Jammu Lok Sabha polls is BJP versus Congress, the election is the battle between three parties with PDP...
bigWIGS
With smaller parties and neo-politicians out to claim their pie in the electoral cake, the trend has the potential of offsetting the overall calculations...
FAROOQ KHAN
History has interesting ways of repeating itself. The day the senior citizenry trekked to Bulbul Nawagam in Islamabad periphery to pay their tribute to...
Kashmir In Lok Sabha
As J&K is bracing to elect its six new representatives to India’s Parliament, R S Gull offers a brief sketch of the earlier exercises,...
Ghulam Nabi Azad
Throughout his political career that started from Sanjay Gandhi days, Azad has contested twice from J&K. In 1977, he contested from Inderwal for the...
Muted Voices
Having different priorities viz-a-viz the regions they belong to, the six MPs in the past five years have hardly asked questions and participated in...
Election Breezes
Shah Abbas
What makes majority of the masses in Kashmir to think about elections exhibit their psyche and shows that they are extraordinarily interested in...
Guru Plank
In a remarkable turn-around the unionist parties of Kashmir seem to be brimming with sympathies for Parliament attack convict, Mohammad Afzal Guru, a year...
Countering Anti Incumbency
As J&K’s opposition parties are hoping the anti-incumbency against the ruling coalition and a possible Modi factor will help them become powerful, NC and...
Plough, Pen and a Hand
As the election season draws near, ruling NC and opposition PDP are busy in creating chances of coalition with Congress. The election symbols of...
Modi Effect
Modi’s growing popularity and Congress’ dismal performance in four states recently has triggered crises of sorts in Kashmir’s unionist camp. BJP’s re-emergence in Jammu...
‘Lalkaar’ Aftershocks
Modi's call for fresh debate on Article 370 made political parties react sharply in order to keep the pot boiling before elections. But apparently...
A hands down win
The LUTF faced a rout after in Hill Council elections, and Congress romped home with a thumping majority as NC stayed out. Ilham Hassan...
Hot politics in cold desert
As demand for Union Territory status continues to emerge from Buddhist dominated Leh district of Ladakh region, almost all political parties are using it...
