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

Afridi or Sedition?

Irtif Lone On a Sunday afternoon when India and Pakistan were to play cricket, it wasn’t just a game. Far from what an India-West Indies...

Picture of the week

Photograph by: Irfan Rafiq Am i Supposed to drive or reply a quick text I got on my cell phone.

The less equals!

Irtif Lone In George Orwell book Animal Farm when all the animals get together and revolt against Mr. Jones, they adopt seven commandments of Animalism,...

Picture of the week

Photograph by: Junaid Rafiq Overloading in public transport is nothing new in Kashmir. But the startling fact--is the mute spectators' response adopted by observers! Between haste...

Picture of the week

Photograph by:- Aabid Rah As a Kashmiri saying goes add'en armaan ti aed pashemaan. Many countries are short of drinking water and there have even been wars...

Kehwa Scandal!

Irtif Lone As if the tragedies in Kashmir were not enough, there was this latest ‘Kehwa’ scandal.  Kehwa which otherwise is a delicacy relished by...

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...

Eureka Time!

Irtif Lone And the government finally had this one eureka moment in store before upcoming assembly elections. Whatever had gone wrong in the last five...

Picture of the week

Photo by:- Shah Fuhaid This Picture has been picked up as the photo of the week in a photography contest with theme of any wrong...

Justice Denied

Irtif Lone Only if the dead could rise and tell their tales we might have few answers to some unanswered historical questions. But then it’s...

Anarchy: This or That!

Irtif Lone The political theories of how to rule a state are being re-written these days and probably the elite Indian politicians who have grown...

In winter, Jammu is Kashmir!

Irtif Lone  Kashmir is divided into three different provinces namely Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh and each province unique in its nature while differing from each...

Hyderabad Delight

Irtif Lone New Year for me started on a travelling note, I had to travel to Hyderabad. And it was my maiden visit to the...

Unforgettable Misery!

Irtif Lone On the 10th of every month, a couple of hundred people come together in Partap Park, in the heart of Srinagar city. They...

Crumbling Social Order

Irtif Lone I am not sure how far defining Kashmir as “Peer Waer” is justified, but as long as I can remember I have always...