The Last Speech
After a hectic 3-day event of travel bloggers and journalists, when a senior officer delivered his “last speech”, it undid the costly effort in...
Decimal Divide
Municipal elections have offered decimal statistics of democracy currently in vogue in Kashmir. The black and white map offers a clear view of the...
A ‘Ghost’ Market
In 2003, the Mufti government took over SKIMS, the Gupkar Nursing Home and Dr Ali Jan Shopping Complex from a Trust that the National...
Decimated By Drugs
Talking about drug abuse is the new fashion statement of the socio-political elite, media and academia. The menace has reached a level that now...
A Raj Bhawan Report
Everybody knew that N N Vohra, an erstwhile point man who smoothly managed the hyper-sensitive state through three unrests as governor has to go...
The Other Side of Pain
Killings are painful and shattering for everybody regardless of the politics and profession. On the day of Eid, three cops were killed and two...
Political Grapevine
When a government was in place, Kashmir was desperately waiting for its fall. After it collapsed under its own weight, now the most popular...
Reviving Work Culture
In the 5-member State Administrative Council (SAC), the only person who is new to Kashmir is the Chief Secretary. Masood Hussain attempts a profile...
Partners In Crime
Separated allies of doomed BJPDP coalition have resorted to a new wave of allegations and counter-accusations. But people are unlikely to fall prey to...
The FallOut
The BJPDP’s ‘Rainbow Alliance’ that was supposed to mend polar differences in politics; geography and ideology finally witnessed a shockingly humiliating fall that commoners...
Cracked House
From the alliance architect in 2014 to the sacked minister, three years later, Haseeb Drabu’s status downgrade tells a longer story about the mess...
Half Time Over
As the tensions over the Kathua rape and murder are spreading far and wide and the government is planning a cabinet reshuffle with at...
Interrupting Dreams
J&K PSC, the supreme recruiting organisation, is in a mess. Candidates appearing in one paper are given question papers of another subject. This non-serious...
Poetic Management
With the roads shrinking and the vehicular popular increasing with every passing day, movement within the cities of Srinagar and Jammu is a real...
Shot In Shopian
A brief gun-battle triggered a chain of events that consumed seven lives including two young men who joined militancy in different situations, as two...