Engaging the citizenry
Tarique A Bhat Citizen action most often addresses local concerns or needs that impact our quality of life. There is a greater need for...
Pitfalls of nonviolence
Riyaz Masroor
Violence is not an option for the weak because the outcome of unequal fights has always favored the strong. For past several centuries...
Why autonomy wouldn’t work
JEHANGIR RAINA
Heuristics is a subject, which involves problem solving in cases that do not have THE solutions, though there can be several optimised solutions.
Kashmir...
Whining won’t make you shining
Tarique A BhatThe destructiveness of Kashmir conflict is reality for our younger generation. And for thousands of families. And, in fact, for millions of...
OIC and Kashmir
Prof. Noor Ahmad BabaThe 57 member Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) came up in 1969 manifestly with the objective of promoting Islamic solidarity and...
Sense and Sensibility of Farah Pandith
Sara Wani
The oath taking ceremony of Farah Pandith as Obama administrations’ envoy to Muslim world to mend frayed relations between Muslims and USA might...
Shortcomings of the J&K RTI rules
Raja MuzaffarThere are many positive features in the rules for new J&K Right to Information Act 2009 made public by government, but there are...
It is about accountability not individuals
Naeem AkhtarThe crisis caused by the presentation of what Justice Kirmani of J&K High Court had called a Shame List, in the legislative Assembly...
Talk Loose and Lose Track!
Zamir Ahmed“And then a scholar said, Speak of Talking. And he (the prophet) answered, saying: You talk when you cease to be at peace...
Crime and sentiment
Zamir AhmadLife seems to have come full circle for the denizens of this God forsaken land. The events of the last week fall into...
Wishes on the walls
SHAZIA YOUSUF Free Kashmir, written in big bold letters was visible from a distance. As I went closer, I could see hundreds of wishes,...
Perseverance pays, even if at last
Zamir Ahmed
Quffal Shasi was a reputed jurist in the times of Caliph Haroon Rashid. But before that, he was a skilled locksmith who...
Being Devil’s Advocate
Naeem AkhtarThe decision of Sajjad Lone to revert his party to electoral politics has obviously generated some debate. Some cynics read it as the...
