Scripted Controversy
Prior to Modi Sarkar’s controversial order involving imposing Hindi, a delegation of Kashmiri Pandits had met HRD minister Smriti Irani on June 26 seeking,...
JKLF’s Israel Blitzkrieg!
The dramatic abduction and release of an Israeli tourist in early nineties by the ‘powerful’ Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) on ‘humanitarian grounds’...
Truly Techie
Qualifying Indian Engineering Services (IES) wasn’t a cakewalk for the son of farmer hailing from a remote village. But as Riyaz Ul Khaliq finds...
Ikhwanis of the Yore?
Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad raised vigilantes “Peace Brigade” and used them to suppress pro-Abdullah and pro-Pakistan people. His workers or “Goggas” ran a parallel enforcement...
A Cultural Psy-op
For critics, Bakshi’s extravagant Jashn-e-Kashmir festival was aimed to manage public anger after Sheikh was jailed. Raashid Maqbool revisits the era to understand how...
A Different Legacy
It was Sheikh Abdullah’s trusted man Bakshi Ghulam Ahmad who replaced him and erased his legacy, although marginally. Hafsa Kanjwal argues that New Delhi...
Yatra: A Tradition Compromised
Yearly Amarnath Yatra was small, quick affair that the government would facilitate with the help of clergy. It was S K Sinha, the shrine...
Lost Prime Minister
After replacing Sheikh Abdullah in 1953, Bakhshi Ghulam Mohammad led a popularly corrupt regime. Syed Asma meets the former Prime Minister's surviving wife to...
Careers after 10+2
By Saima Rashid
Now that your Class 12 exams are over, what will be your next course of action? You may be finding yourself at...
What is Applied Mathematics?
By Saima Rashid
These days mathematics is applied almost everywhere, and this wealth of activity cannot be encompassed in one university department. The focus of the...
Career in Foreign Languages
By Durdana Bhat
The scope of foreign languages as career is stupendous and candidates willing to explore it have multitude of job opportunities in various...
Yours Faithfully!
Many tools were employed by Hindu Rulers to manage Muslim subjects. One of them was the Muslim clergy. Khalid Bashir Ahmad details the largesse...
13 July 1931: A Chapter of Kashmir
by G M Lone
A chapter of Kashmiri history begins in 1846, when Sikh rule ended and the British sold Kashmir to Dogra Maharaja Gulab Singh under...
Hanging By The Relic
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq led Awami Action Committee (AAC) was barred from celebrating its Golden Jubilee last month. The party that has remained part of...
Telling Topper
Achieving third rank in 2014 CET exams was no cakewalk for a Sopore boy whose father was devoured by Kashmir conflict. Riyaz Ul Khaliq...
