Tourism jittery
Elections, violence rhetoric and global recession can give coming tourist season a set back after the initial impediment of houseboat closure. Haroon Mirani reports....
Omar’s Hari Niwas turndown
A house of his own was apparently the only factor for the chief minister to decide against making the Rs 500 cr spooky Hari...
Bourgeois Tribal’s
With the inclusion of Pahari-speaking people (PSP) in the Scheduled Tribe (ST) list, the real issue that will now be debated is how the...
Omar’s counter-strike gospel
Thanks to separatists, Kashmir, these days is enjoying the longest interval of relaxation from curfew-strike cocktail that devoured 2010 summer. The government also contributed...
Withered in hope
Individuals have been carrying out menial jobs at literal peanuts for decades on the hope that one day their services will be formally regularised...
A New Security Regime
Sixty six years after her independence, India is shifting from its federal structure by using a ‘security route’ to encroach upon the autonomy enjoyed...
Water Woes
In Gade Khud village, just 17 kilometers from Srinagar city everything comes to standstill when a government installed community tap comes to life. Official...
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...
Depressed Dangerously
Fast life, career rat race, destabilized families and the conflict have created such a mess of Kashmir’s mind that melancholy has become the new...
Wanting Change
It was because of his efforts that Tosmaidan came into the limelight before the state could have given a nod for the next hundred...
The ‘Other Side’ of Romance
Once they crossed the LoC, Kashmiri youth were the new heroes in Pakistani society. Many married, raised families and lived a happy life. As...
Possible Ambitions
After the landslide victory fetches it a firm control in Delhi, the focus on Jammu and Kashmir may revolve around the BJP’s possibility of...
Tales From Towns
Unlike Back to Village programme that saw reasonable participation of people, ‘My Town, My Pride’ was struggling to draw crowds, reports Khalid Bashir Gura
On...
Gone With The Herd!
Angry young man Sajjad Gani Lone built his political career on controversies. Finally he reached the cabinet as a BJP ally but is unhappy...
In The Name Of Dogs
Fed with high protein leftovers, the stray dogs breed faster than their cousins outside Kashmir. Society’s efforts to get the population reduced to manageable...