No Cinema
Shakir Mir
In a world with expanding internet penetration and increased access to preferred TV channels, the culture of movie-watching has been taken to the...
Right to Live
Mohammad Raafi
Kashmir is a sad story of non-implemented UN resolutions and broken promises.
Interestingly, the theme of World Human Rights day 2015, commemorated by the...
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...
Kindly Introspect!
Syed Asma
While researching the pathetic report on the brides who were burnt (published last week), I came across many domestic violence cases, literally on...
Pack(ag)ed Punch
Shams Irfan
Finally the suspense is over. Thanks to Modi, Kashmir is richer by 80 thousand crores. Hours before Modi landed in Kashmir and addressed...
Think Before Spitting!
Saima Bhat
Around 95 percent of the world’s population has health prob-lems with over a third of them having more than five ailments, claims Global...
Lynch Mentality
Shakir Mir
Last week the issue of tolerance in India grabbed spotlight once again after two members of lesser known Hindu outfit claimed responsibility for...
Blocked Sanity
Shams Irfan
Once again Kashmiri truck drivers were attacked by right-wing Hindus. This time it happened in Udhampur. But this is not an isolated attack....
Humble Meters
The state government issued ‘strict’ instructions for installation and calibration of fare meters in all auto-rickshaws across the state in August 2015. But so...
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 Dirty Secret’
Bilal Handoo
Emergence of 20,000 graves within four years after masses mobilised must have haunted Kashmir. It still does, even when dementia has taken over....
Picture Panic
Shakir Mir
Earlier this week social media exploded with outrage over pictures of mangled bodies of three young men lying near an orchard in Pattan....
Thanks Delhi
Shams Irfan
The wait is not over yet. We might have come out almost unscathed out of the flood waters but our egos remain bruised....
Sleeping Threat
Shakir Mir
For first time since last year’s floods, water level in river Jhelum this week touched an all-time low of 2.55 ft at Sangam,...
Back to Basin
Shams Irfan
One of the most haunting images from September 7, 2014 floods was of new mothers carrying their just born babies on narrow wooden...
