Callously insensitive
Sameer YasirConstitutionally, India is a ‘democratic state’ wherein every individual, group or an institution can have its own beliefs and arguments or issues relating...
Callously insensitive
Zamir AhmedDespite the political polarizations about the future of the state, J&K has never been considered a communally sensitive state. People belonging to different...
To Orient Education
Fayaz Ahmad DarThe successful cloning of the Pashmina (Cashmere) goat by Kashmiri scientists a few days ago is very heartening news. However, such accomplishments...
Regional influence
S. RehmanThe decisive strength of regional parties as, without a shred of doubt, could be deciphered from the recent poll events and their obvious...
The Cryogenics of Democracy
Arif AyazPerhaps taking their cue from this year’s icier winter, rumours that India and Pakistan have decided to “freeze the Kashmir dispute for 10...
Landscape of Stress
Ihsan Malik
The seemingly interminable ferment that Kashmir has been enduring for the last two decades has, without doubt, had an extremely pernicious effect on...
The game
S. RehmanKilling and getting killed, killing and being prosecuted, killing and getting immunity, killing and being protected, killing and being rewarded. The horrid business...
Kashmir’s Lalajis
Sameer YasirIn his own brilliant style Shekhar Gupta once wrote that in his post-politics life, Swami Agnivesh may not like to be reminded of...
Path in Pathribal
Ahmad RiyazSupreme Court has put a fresh spotlight on the urgent need for justice for the victims of Pathribal fake encounter in which army...
Rising And Uprising
Sameer YasirBefore it transformed the Arab street, Kashmir had already discovered the power of social media as a political mobilizing tool. During 2010 unrest...
Heads and Tails
S. RehmanWhen people voted for administrative issues and the government acknowledged its wafer wide role splitting the political and administrative issues, a hope to...
Manufacturing Discourse
Zamir AhmadNoam Chomsky (born 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, and author of more than one hundred books. He is widely known and respected...
Celebrate Your Shahids
Fayaz Ahmad DarI was so pleased recently when an undergraduate student at a US University commented on a couplet I mentioned fromFarewell, one of...
Political EliteInKashmir
Dr. Bashir A DablaThe Italian sociologists, Vilfredo Pareto and Gaetano Mosca introduced the basic idea that for much of the recorded history, “the few...
Kashmir’s Drain of Wealth
Wasim BhatThe looming winter has again raised the spectre of dark cold days that the people in the colder regions of the state will...