Masters In Uniform
The allegations that the army had resorted to taking Kashmiris on forced labour (Begaar) during the last two decades has opened the historical wounds...
Churning out failures
Some decades back, passing 10th class examinations in Kashmir was deemed a big achievement. Education system and standards have considerably improved since, particularly in...
Back To Basics
Focus is shifting back to a career in basic sciences
Sky Dreams in The Valley
J&K is getting its first aviation college, which offers courses ranging from commercial pilot license to aircraft maintenance engineering and cabin crew training. Mehmooda...
Challenging The Elite Schools
Lesser-known private schools are giving competition to elite schools, not only challenging their supremacy, but also putting a question mark on their screening measures...
10 controversies of ‘09
While Shopian dominated 2009, there were other controversies too that hogged the headlines. Haroon Mirani lists the top 10.
CHINESE VISA ROW
The year 2009 has...
Career Options after higher secondary
DR SEEMIN RUBAB
In Kashmir valley, winter season heralds tuition frenzy. Students and parents are at a loss about deciding the right coaching Institutes. Usually...
Mystery of Accession
For over two decades now, Kashmiri separatists are observing October 27 as the ‘black day’ to mark the landing of Indian army in 1947....
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,...
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...
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...
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...
