Southern Focus
As Kashmir assembly begins its stormy budget session, the opposition is united in disorder. The objective is to have some impact on Chief Minister’s...
Democracy’s Kings
Everybody in J&K politics aspires to be the Chief Minister. It is not only because it is the ultimate what the politics can offer...
Abdul Razak Mir (Bachru)
Abdul Razak Mir (Bachru)
(1928-1996)
When Abdul Razak Mir (Bachru), who fought on MUF ticket from Kulgam, would attract huge crowds during canvassing: courtesy his brand...
Lost in Translation
Looking for a government job, get a degree first. Want to make laws and rule the state, fret not. You can be a cabinet...
Stop, Don’t Slap Her
The Governor of Jammu and Kashmir gave his ascent recently to a law against domestic violence six years after the Indian Parliament passed a...
Business of Politics
It is been argued since long that politics and business are hand in glove, but in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, they are...
Bills in the bin
Most of the private member bills introduced in legislature fail to turn into a law for want of numbers. That does not mean the...
A law of lawlessness
With debate over revocation of AFSPA getting a lot of media attention, Kashmir Life looks into the law believed to be the source of gross human rights violations in J&K.
The Jail In Neighbourhood
As the UT administration shifted the detained political class from a Boulevard Hotel to the Lawmakers’ Hostel, apparently for the winters, their families were...
Have a Nice Stay Sir!
Despite enjoying freebies worth crores, lawmakers drain the system by turning defaulters when it comes to pay back. Syed Asma takes a look at...
Living Torture
The government has scuttled a bill aimed at preventing torture by police and punishing the perpetrators. Khursheed Wani analyses why the state is reluctant...
Keeping Them Safe
It takes Rs 100 annually to secure VVIPs in a cash starved state. Safwat Zargar reports the largesse of a system that scrooge on...
Lawmakers Grieved Graves
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 was just a routine day of business in the history of state assembly. The issue of unmarked graves dominated Day...
Travesty of travel
The state still caught in monarch practice of durbar move is safe-haven for its movers and shakers who often fly up by creating void...
Blood For Booty
Macchil murders add one more chapter to the bloody history of fake encounters in Kashmir, where greed for medals and rewards feeds on human...
