Business of Politics
It is been argued since long that politics and business are hand in glove, but in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, they are...
Graveyard Shift
In a relatively euphoric election season pasting party posters and banners are still done in the dead of the night for fear for backlash....
Crisis Manager!
He literally kept Jama’at-e-Islami alive after its entire leadership was jailed post-1987 state assembly results. Mohammad Raafi talks to Mohammad Ashraf Khan to know...
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...
A Central Battle
The first phase of Lok Sabha polls witnessed 34 per cent plus participation but ended with a teenager’s killing. As the dance of democracy...
Elections: A Day Down South
With three days left for the polling in South Kashmir, Tasavur Mushtaq divides his day between NC and PDP, the main contestants in the...
A Gain or Retain
The entry of Omar in Beerwah is sure to give some leverage to struggling NC in Budgam district that witnessed massive shift during Lok...
BJP’s K-Mantras
If it can be done in UP why not in JK? The idea has inspired BJP’s think-tank and Modi close aide Amit Shah to...
Migrant Mission
Desperate to repeat Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Maharashtra in poll-bound Muslim majority Jammu and Kashmir, BJP’s grand strategist and party president Amit Shah is...
Acid Test
Sufferings of remote Kupwara in last two decades created an ideal situation for any unconventional politician to have his debut, an opportunity that a...
Legislating, first time
Some 30 first-timers made it to the legislative assembly in 2008. Hamidullah Dar talks to some of them about their maiden experiences in the...
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...
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...
A Fallen Prince
NC president and Kashmir’s flamboyant politician Farooq Abdullah lost his first ever election in decades sending the party in tailspin. Tasavur Mushtaq analyzes the...
Amit Shah, Padshah!
BJP’s over-ambitious plan to emerge the single largest party in J&K is an intelligent ideation. It has unnerved both the unionists and separatists as...
