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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...