Hard lessons
The last two decades have witnessed a proliferation of coaching centers in the valley and every student seems to be joining them. Are these...
Nehru’s Love for Kashmir
Edwina-Nehru relationship and its impact on J&K’s fate is a favourite debate for historians, but India does not seem ready to watch what it...
‘Abdullah had agreed to join Congress’
In the concluding part of the interview with Shahnawaz Khan senior journalist Ved Bhasin talks about his first hand knowledge of important Kashmiri leaders
(Sheikh...
Riots changed J&K politics
Journalist Ved Bhasin has completed six decades in active journalism, but the editor of Kashmir Times has had an equal proximity to politics. Politics,...
Living in two worlds
Thousands of Kashmiri students brave cultural differences, hostile climate, and home sickness to pursue professional degrees in outside cities. While the state loses crores...
Engineering Solutions to Combat Climate Change
Dr. Seemin RubabNothing could have been more apt a theme to celebrate 42nd Engineer’s Day than ‘Engineering Solutions to Combat Climate Change. September 15...
Higher Education Options for Engineering Graduates
Dr. Seemin RubabGraduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is an all-India examination administered and conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science and seven...
A Quiet Surrender
The National Conference led government was keen to protect district cadre jobs for home districts alone. But when the moment arrived it chose to...
Role of Science-Teachers in Changing Times
Dr. Seemin RubabThe role of teachers has undergone a paradigm shift in new millennium. Apart from imparting education which is the primary duty, a...
Architecture Education in India
Dr. Seemin RubabThe signature of any city is its vernacular architecture. When conserved, it is heritage and when in ruins, it becomes archaeology. Architecture...
Prospects of Energy Education
Energy is the harbinger of growth, development and prosperity of a nation. However, the conventional sources of energy are limited, hence they need to...
Choosing your second optional
ZUBAIR AHMAD
The result of KAS Prelims Examination is out. As expected some 11,000 candidates have qualified for Main. Now the immediate challenge for aspirants...
Shaping their dreams
Not making their ordinary educational backgrounds a barrier in their way, some students of the valley went to satiate their thirst of doing more...
Govt axes off campus study
The state move to ban distance mode courses offered through off campus study centres has created panic among the students and the private education...
‘A plague on both their houses’
Career diplomat and one of the many South Asian experts in US Howard B Schaffer’s just released book ‘The limits of influence’: America’s role...
