Knocked and Neglected
Dr Sheikh Showkat Hussain
Recently a delegation of Ladakh Hill Development Council met state chief minister and demanded divisional status for Ladakh. The reason cited...
The Laughter Crisis
Enam Lone
Of all things that we have lately been running out of stock of, a carefree smile is a really expensive one. Our times...
Theory of Prototypes and Archetypes
Mehboob Makhdoomi
With New Delhi’s Machiavellian reaction to the Muslim United Front’s endeavour to use democratic institutions of India for the resolution of Kashmir quagmire...
Career Profiling
Enam Lone
Sometime back, I remember having had a chance to watch this renowned counsellor from India speak at IMPA. She had a distinct charm...
A New ‘Messiah’
SHEIKH QAYOOM
The union home minister, Sushil Kumar Shinde’s statement that he would try and understand the real problem of Kashmir before inviting the separatist...
The red events
S Rehman
Elections are back with the spate of killings. The precursor to the event is just the ‘reminder of the bullets and blood’ that...
Pursuit of Helplessness
Aseem Ahmad
The landmark visit of US president Barak Obama to the largest democracy in world last week does reflect India’s growing influence in the...
Next Geelani?
By Basharat Ali
At this point of time Kashmir is faced with one important question: who will succeed Geelani? Many names have been suggested. However,...
Think alternatives, not excuses
Muhammad AhseemIn regions of conflict, development always takes a backseat. With reports suggesting that most of the funds meant for the development of basic...
No rules for Kashmir
Oppression minds neither gender nor age, at least in Kashmir. Bullets fired in the name of maintaining law and order by paramilitaries and local...
Conflict and Life
Muhammad Tahir
Last week I boarded a Tata sumo cab for Pulwama. My destination was Shopian. As things go in ‘peaceful’ Kashmir, there was a...
Nothing Small About It
Tanveer Ul Haq
In the month of July this newspaper published my article on the importance and need of entrepreneurship in Kashmir. Many of my...
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...
Unity Needed
Basharat Ali
The creation of APHC has a shady and ambiguous history. Multiple narratives thrive as what led to the creation of an amalgam drawn...
Desperate Times
Tufail Mehraj
It always intrigues me: why our educational institutes have failed to mitigate a mounting pessimistic outlook adorned by our student community. Mine might...
