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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...

Avoid provocation

Umair HaqaniThe chief minister Omar Abdullah did an appreciable job by promptly visiting the Magray family, whose 21-year-old son Manzoor Ahmed was killed by...

One weapon for all

Umair HaqaniThe Jammu and Kashmir government has reportedly decided to impose Public Safety Act against land grabbers, who do not vacate encroached government land....

“Target Gender”

Aiman Nazir Banday Being a student, I am every day subjected to the grime of the road. Every day I have to board a bus...

Picture of the week

Photograph By Humera Nazir This picture is about something we all do come across. It isn't a mere deviation on our part to pollute our...

Story of a tourist! Part III

Irtif Lone For some time it was still and peaceful. The lights had started to twinkle on the heights of Zabarvan. Traffic on the roads...

April 9, 2017: A Day to remember

By: Javid Ahmad Ahangar “The worst thing that can happen in a democracy-as well as in an individual's life - is to become cynical about...

Freedom, revolution and the missing links

Arshid Malik The lanes and by-lanes of Kashmir have gained a reddish hue as blood and gut has been spilled incessantly in these streets...

There are good terrorists also!

Sheikh QayoomWhen the US marine seals zeroed on Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan’s garrison town of Abbottabad many voices were raised against the marines...

Aam Aadmi then, VIP now!

On 26 November, 2012 a political party was launched in Delhi. And on 8th December, 2013 it created history, which would be remembered for...

Padmavat: A Reality or Fiction

by Sumera Reshi After much hullabaloo, Padmavati was released on January 25, 2018. The film tells the story of a 14th-century Hindu queen and a...

EVE-TEASING

Eve teasing is the making of unwanted sexual remarks or advances by a male to a female in public place. It is a rampant...

Let’s Do It

Javeed  MirCordiality seems to be an outlandish a feeling when it comes to our social, political or religious affairs with our people. Whether it...

Left with stones only, we turned to be stone pelters                          

by Ajaz Wani As the kids in the rest of the country aspire for a decent and joyful life, ours in the Kashmir valley are...

It is the heat

Arshid Malik   I love children and like to spend time with them. Whenever I am with children I try to look at things through...