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...
Tick Talk
Delhi’s new interlocutor Dineshwar Sharma’s frequent Kashmir visits have not moved even a notch beyond what the local unionists in government and opposition normally...
Dismissed Pelters
Hiding stick to pave way for the carrot, the government recently announced an amnesty for the first time stone pelters. But there are various...
An ‘Outsider’ Account
Within a year after her retirement, IAS officer Sonali Kumar came out with a book that seemingly attempts strengthening a narrative that has a...
Once Again
In the midst of Doval doctrine, BJP identified the “right moment” to engage with Kashmir politically. As Dineshwar Sharma, a man from the security...
Half A Year Later
by Khursheed Wani
It is for the first time in 21 years since the governance in J&K was returned to ‘elected representatives’ after six years...
Singh and the Sangh
The apparent semblance of a normal Kashmir led Rajnath Singh, the Home Minister, and Dr Manmohan Singh, the former Prime Minister, visit Kashmir. Notwithstanding...