Go West,Young Kashmiri!
Wajahat Qazi
I recently, had the opportunity to grade and mark the examination papers of job aspirants. I also had the good fortune of interviewing...
Hurriyat doves in policy trauma
Riyaz Masroor
Chief of Kashmir’s frontline resistance group JKLF, Muhammad Yasin Malik’s angry outburst against Hurriyat Conference (Umar group) points to the worst ever policy...
A New Beginning
Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat
This year, eleven candidates from J&K State have qualified Union Public Services Commission (UPSC) exams, thus making the way clear for...
A Roar in Vain
Zahir-ud-Din
It is widely believed that Sher-e-Kashmir was ditched by government of India in 1953. This chapter of his life has been widely discussed by...
Historic Elections
Dr Sheikh Showkat Hussian
The recent Pakistani election remains historic in several ways. It was for the first time that a smooth transfer of power...
A City Vandalized
Saleem Beg
Day in and day out, we are being treated to superlatives about the city of Srinagar as Shehri-Khas, historic city, ancient centre of...
Dubious Politics
Er Rasheed
On Feburary 9, just when people got up after a long overnight sleep and switched on their TV sets, India’s electronic media seemed...
Return Afzal’s Body
Rabia Noor
The Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde doesn’t seem to have thought twice before declaring that 2001 Parliament Attack convict Muhammad Afzal Guru’s...
Breeding Corruption
Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat
While the announcement of the National Rural Employment Guarantees Scheme (NREGS) was made after the enactment of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural...
Satisfying Conscience
Er. Rasheed
The recently concluded budget session of state assembly has yet again proved that New Delhi does not want any individual or party to...
Dissent is Democracy
Aseem Ahmad
The acts of retribution by government agencies against young boys involved in incidents of stone pelting won’t salvage the state of the frequent...
Political Gamesmanship
Tarique Bhat
Anxiety is, quite literally, a painful response to feeling powerless against uncontrollable forces. In response, humans seek comfort, consistency and control. That’s why...
Azadi Can Wait!
Mantasha Bint Rashid
My generation is full of envy whenever our parental generation mentions how they would throng theatres like Broadway and Regal, how they...
A Collective Dead Conscience
M Aseem
The melodramatic events that captured the floor of the house in the last few days are quintessential of the political buffoonery the state...
Drama of Collective CONSCIENCE
S REHMAN
A lot of clamor is being generated over the return of Afzal Guru’s body to his inheritors, the Kashmiris. The Chief Minister of...
