‘Royal’ Sale
A Mughal era garden in Dal Lake’s lap is latest causality of land mafia. Sold by the Maharaja to a wealthy local, the garden...
Kashmir’s Nagpur?
Unlike journalism, RTI has empowered people to the extent they wish to be. A Srinagar politician close to Ghulam Nabi Azad keen to know...
Campus Shift
It has been a long time since Reyaz Punjabi demolished the office of Kashmir University Students Union thus closing the chapter of active student...
VohRaj
With Governor N N Vohra literally tightening strings around otherwise at-ease government officials, the craving for a formal government is visible on their faces....
Jagmohan Days
NDA government’s Padma Vibhushan to Jagmohan Malhotra pushed Kashmir back to his stint in the 1990s’, reliving the days and nights of horror and terror....
Kashmir’s Fairer Lords
Kashmir was ruled by many women in ancient and medieval times. Some of them proved more capable than their male predecessors and successors. Sara...
Vohra, Again
Mufti Sayeed’s demise instantly stripped his cabinet colleagues of their portfolios and powers as Governor takes over. With ministerial and personal staff struggle to...
Last Tour
Even at the prime age of 79, late CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, worked 12 hours, met 23 delegations and toured 16 spots during his...
Ration Ruckus
With government mulling to implement the Food Security Act by early next year, parts of state have risen up in protest, even consuming a...
Winter Governance
Snow and cold shrinks responsibilities of the governing structure to a few critical areas but Kashmir’s continuous lack of power supply is key to...
First Hostage Taking
During the amorphous years of militancy that coincided with Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s ascend to first Muslim Home Minister of India, JKLF kidnapped his daughter,...
Reserved to Rot
Ideally, under-privileged and backward category population should get one chance to improve its mobility. But the politically motivated reservation set-up over the years has...
Demilitarizing Khar Maedan
With a small portion of the Tattoo Ground retrieved from army for a public park, the government’s struggle spanning decades has barely started bearing...
Killing In Classroom
An examiner’s wrong evaluation pushed an engineering aspirant to suicide. A re-evaluation posthumously identified the mistake. Syed Asma reports about how peer pressures, systemic...
Packaged Oddly
Prime Minister Modi’s Rs 80068 crore TAMIER package has its intent rooted in the heart of the right-wing. But how will J&K use this...