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This column features the opinions of individuals who are not part of our newsroom

Strained Coalition

Ahmad RiyazAre there any chances of the J-K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah being replaced with a Congress CM in December?  The answer is no...

The Invasive Gaze

Sameer YasirThe Chinese strategist of war, Sun Tze, had a brilliant approach based on the principle of superior intelligence, deception, and knowledge of the...

Forgetting As Justice

Arif Ayaz ParreyThe sudden new interest shown by India’s mainstream media and Kashmir’s ‘mainstream’ politicians in what is otherwise a routine matter of state...

Coalition Un-Dharma

Sameer YasirCoalition is the newest happening in Indian statecraft. As the individual parties eroded their credibility over the years, coalitions become the only way...

Of Referendum And Intolerance

S RehmanShivers run down the spine of BJP protagonists on a mere mention of referendum on Kashmir. And the manifestation of their instant adrenaline...

Abnormal Kashmir

Ahmad RiyazIt roiled the Valley for over one week even threatening to push Chief Minister Omar Abdullah out of power. But the death of...

Imposed Identity

Sana B?gRecently on an online forum on Kashmir, a colleague of mine pointed out that Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper referred to Kashmir as “Indian-Administered Kashmir”...

India’s Muslims and the Allegations of Terrorism

Irfan AhmadAccording to the Indian government and media, many Muslim groups have recently been involved in terrorism-Student Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), formed in...

All Politics Is Local

Sameer YasirThomas PO’neill, the famous American law maker once famously remarked that, “All politics is local”. After almost thirty years, it still is, almost...

Truth and Self-righteousness

Parvaiz Bukhari The Wikileaks expose’ of the US assessments and policy about issues worldwide has unsettled many a government, politician and other actors in the...

Female Foeticide

Dr. Bashir A DablaThe release of provisional population growth and sex ratio figures of 2011 census recently gave rise to serious concern among the...

I Remember

Sameer YasirPingali Venkayya would have hanged his head in shame if he were to see the Indian tricolor painted on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road these...

Social Dimensions Of Iftar

Dr. Bashir A DablaDuring the month of Ramadan an important social function gets organized by the Muslims in all parts of world which is...

Apparent Impunity

Sameer YasirTwo days after three young men Shazad Khan, Shafi Lone and Riyaz Lone from the Nadihal village were brutally murdered in a fake...

A troubled calm

Ahmad  RiyazAFTER a ‘peaceful’ year so far, Kashmir is again uneasy. The reason is the death in police custody of the 28-year-old Nazim Rashid...