Consequences of the new stream of militancy in Kashmir
By Zaid Irshad Qureshi
Today, anti-Indian dissent in Kashmir is partly indigenous, partly Pakistan sponsored, and a small part of it is radicalized and global, envisioning Kashmir's future being a part of an Islamic caliphate....
Through Blurred Glasses
In the 1990s the most common window through which Kashmir and its politics was looked at by people in India was perhaps Bollywood, courtesy the Sunny Deol starrer patriotic flicks intervalled by the popular...
Education Pays
by Syed Asma
A new school has come up in the vicinity of the University of Kashmir. Having more than three dozen operative branches across the globe, it is introduced as a brand. Now that...
Let History Decide
by Iftikhar Gilani
In early 2005, when Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was at the helm of affairs, I was returning to Srinagar from apple rich city of Sopore, sitting on the front seat of a TATA...
No god but God
Zamir AhmadI borrow the title of today’s piece from author Reza Aslan’s acclaimed book of the same title. But my reasons for titling my piece are entirely different from those of Aslan. My write-up...
Entrepreneurship and Islam
Zamir AhmedLast week a youth led initiative went relatively unnoticed before our overly politicized society. The Initiative was the “One Young Kashmir” six-day youth leadership summit which provided an excellent platform to youth to...
Trial by Pellets
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...
For A Greater Good
by Shujaat Bukhari
India and Pakistan cricket teams clashing in Bangalore after seven years, the relations between the two “bitter” neighbours are showing a discernible improvement. The sporting relations had also received a beating after...
Angry, dejected & frustrated youth of Kashmir
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...
World Disability Day!
Saima Bhat
United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) is celebrated on December 3 to promote awareness and mobilise support for critical issues relating to the inclusion of persons with disabilities in society...
Great Fall
Riyaz Ul Khaliq
Praise thy Lord! With the demise of former Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, the ‘North Pole-South Pole’ alliance of two ideologically diverse unionist parties in Jammu and Kashmir has apparently concluded. It...
Change may bring about a change
Gowhar Geelani
Whether we want to accept it or not the truth remains that our world is witnessing some positive changes; all our troubles notwithstanding. Yes, there are problems galore. There are lots of wrongs....
Different Angle
Saima Bhat
The moment photographs of Owais Bashir Malik’s mutilated body, an engineering student who went missing on January 12, became public, uptown’s quite Peerbagh area seethed with anger. Instantly, rumour mills started working overtime...
