Opinion

Syed Tasaduq Nazmi Introduction ‘Knowledge’ and ‘Frustration’ seem two expressions on different tracks without any link. Kashmir connects them intricately. When we analyze the circumstances of budding youth in our valley; we find set of connections...

By Khursheed Wani A few years ago, on July 13, Mehbooba Mufti led her party leaders to Srinagar’s Martyr’s Cemetery for paying homage. Entire Kashmir was shut in response to separatists call. No sooner did...

By: Zaira Ashraf Khan Zaira Wasim, a Kashmiri teenager girl and a co-actor in Amir Khan’s Blockbuster “Dangal”, landed in a soup few days back after she met Chief Minister Ms. Mehbooba Mufti . She...

By Tasavur Mushtaq A frightening lull took over after Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s demise in AIIMS. For most of the 98 days during which Ms Mehbooba Mufti came out of her “consistent reluctance” the alliance has started...

Shams Irfan What is the shortest way to reach God or get heard by Him? This riddle has baffled me ever since I attained adulthood. I was told, rather taught, that the connection between God and...

Saima Bhat  Being a local in Kashmir doesn’t make me feel secure same way as it used to be before PDP-BJP alliance. Every day I wake up with news of different yatras making way towards...

Muhammad Raafi Ramzan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, is here. It is usually the celebration time throughout the Muslim world. This month shifts the routine schedule in Muslim societies from eating to sleeping and...

Shakir Mir On Friday, during afternoon, news reports came in that two militants have been killed by the security forces during an encounter at famous tourist destination Tangmarg. This is latest in a string of encounters...

by Syed Asma If you are not from the glamour industry, seeing yourself on hoardings displayed on roadsides may give you an awkward feeling. Perhaps the same reason made Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to assert:...

Shakir Mir The arrival of spring not only brings cheers to the winter-weary public but also crisis. This we can say against the backdrop of a spurt in the pollen related health problems. The release...

By Tasavur Mushtaq Summer 2014, when political parties were busy in campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections, I travelled across  Kashmir to cover the big rallies, small events and in-house meetings. Ideologies apart, the politicians...

Saima Bhat In any conflict zone, killings, torture, disappearances, rapes are common. But in Kashmir, a conflict zone too, such things have become a norm. Within this ‘normal’ like situation, what sets us apart is...

by Syed Asma Last week Kashmir buried five more blood-soaked bodies. For most of us, it is just statistics. We condemn killings, mourn for a day or two and then, get back to our routine....

Mohammad Raafi Kashmir is on the boil again. What happened in Handwara on Tuesday is hardly unusual. This has been a familiar story that Kashmir has lived and relived for the past many decades, especially since...

Riyaz Ul Khaliq Social media is the weirdest tool available to those who love to jump to the guns. Now, don’t dismiss it as the sweeping statement at the first go itself. Blame it on...