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...
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...
Keeping Them Safe
It takes Rs 100 annually to secure VVIPs in a cash starved state. Safwat Zargar reports the largesse of a system that scrooge on...
Battling For Lal Chowk
With both NC and PDP busy in pre-poll rhetoric, their rival BJP’s lady dentist is going door-to-door in Amira Kadal. Safwat Zargar reports
Among the...
When besieged city votes
Bilal Handoo | Safwat Zargar
Much before the dawn of December 14 was wrapped under a thick cover of mist and chill, paramilitary forces and...
Modi-nised Kashmiris!
Modi’s campaigning blitzkrieg apart, Kashmir is sceptically weighing his possible elevation to highest seat of power in India. But there are a few for...
Unpredictable
High Altitude Battle
Unlike the last four phases in J&K, the last one involving Ladakh and Baramulla is being contested by parties so intensely that...
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...
Dissimulating the Pain?
The voter is seemingly angry and frustrated in Jammu, the erstwhile Nagpur of right-wing. Will this lead to a change in the region’s political...
A Slice of South
On 14th December everybody from PDP patron to congress strongmen and NC’s new faces would be eyeing for a slice of South Kashmir. Safwat...
Zadibal 19
With its demography divided along sectarian lines Zadibal constituency is full of complexities for any contestant. Will the new face replace incumbent ‘development’ driven...
Maverick In A Web
A fractured verdict has given Mufti Sayeed led PDP 28 seats. With BJP getting solid 25 seats from Jammu and the rest of the...
A Lone Fight
A week ahead of the first phase of polling, Shams Irfan spent a few days trekking north Kashmir to understand how the two Lones...
Dateline 1987
What happened on March 23, 1987 in Kashmir is even missing from newspaper archives. Shakir Mir painstakingly swifts through whatever material is available to...
Shifting Fortunes
After recent poll debacle, Mians are going door to door to apologize for their mistakes, but will Kangan forgive them? Safwat Zargar reports
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