Decimal Divide
Municipal elections have offered decimal statistics of democracy currently in vogue in Kashmir. The black and white map offers a clear view of the...
A Silent Election
As Kashmir’s two main political parties stayed away from the polls and the militants are tactically enforcing a boycott, 392 of 624 municipal wards...
Taken for a Ride
Elections are a complex process in Kashmir both in terms of logistics and security. Umar Mukhtar talks to drivers who risked their lives and...
Discordant Tones
Two years after the BJP and PDP entered into polar alliance, nothing much has moved on the Kashmir front. After 2016 unrest and recent...
What next?
After Srinagar by-polls proved costly in terms of human loss and manifestation of anger the question remains what will happen in south on May...
“Why did not 93% people vote and why so many persons came out to...
Shantmanu, the senior IAS officer who is state’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) was depressed the whole day on April 9 when an unprecedented situation...
Bloody Sunday
One of the bloodiest polling days in Kashmir’s recent history left 8 dead and over two hundred injured. Zubair Sofi manages to travel through...
Volcanic Verdict
Unprecedented since 1951, the first recorded election, the poll, re-poll and the postponement in Kashmir bypolls is the newest protest that cannot become a...
Campaign Whispers
With massive tensions at ground zero, PDP and Congress candidates pitted for the South Kashmir Lok Sabha seat are busy in a lethargic, low-cost,...
Why?
As the four districts are trying to get a semblance of routine after losing 77 youth in 2016 unrest, amid frequent interventions in bloody...
“I cannot justify things”
Ace cinematographer Tasaduq Mufti’s formal joining of politics is the new son-rise in Kashmir politics. In a freewheeling interview with Masood Hussain, Mufti Jr...
Jumhooriyat
Kashmir Life desk offers snapshots of the assembly elections that J&K witnessed post-partition
(Ladies took lead in some areas in the voting process amid boycott...
Chief Minister’s Contest
Despite a PDP stronghold, Islamabad is not a cakewalk for J&K’s chief minister Ms Mehbooba Mufti this time around. With sulking mood, lurking breach...
Inside Islamabad
Chief Minister Ms Mehbooba Mufti is heading for election from her father’s Islamabad assembly seat later this month. The place has changed many masters...
Southern Focus
As Kashmir assembly begins its stormy budget session, the opposition is united in disorder. The objective is to have some impact on Chief Minister’s...