Deconstructing Vote
Gulzar Wani
After hit by the disastrous floods, Kashmir was left in lurch soon after Jhelum receded. The commercial establishments got a jolt and income...
Kashmir’s Chutzpah
Yasir Altaf Zargar
The word ‘chutzpah’ which was not famous in Kashmir till yesterday is quite common now. The credit goes to Vishal and Basharat...
Diverting Minds
Mujahid Mughal
In India, where Congress ruled for nearly six decades – thereby monopolizing the Indian politics – BJP seemed to be the only hope...
Decks behind dykes
Er. Mohammad Ashraf Fazili
American author Mary Mapes Dodge’s story of the little boy who averted a flood disaster by sticking his finger in the...
Deluged Admin
Rameez Bhat
When the ferocious flood hit the valley this fall, the administration was instantly caught napping. Almost 80 days after, a barrage of queries...
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...
Election Cry
Riyaz Rashid
The election season has again set over Kashmir. Blowing the trumpet, a bunch of state actors of absurd political theatre are back to...
Peep into History
Bilal Handoo
In the times of great confusion, one needs to consult history. One might ask: Why? Is history a consultant to combat confusion? The...
‘Pointless’ Goodwill
Iqbal Zargar
Almost two decade ago in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district, Indian Army conducted a late night search operation. In that frozen night of December,...
Educational Mess
This devastating flood has been debilitating for almost every sector. Once the waters receded, people starting clearing their houses and businesses from the thick...
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...
Shariati’s Iqbal
Ajaz Ahmad Lone
Iqbal and Ali Shariati, the two thinkers who may be counted amongst the most influential social reformers of contemporary Muslim Ummah and...
Rethinking Knowledge
Mehraj-u-Din
Knowledge is undeniably one of the most important constituents in civilizations whether it is Greek or Islamic and Confucian or Western. Looking through the...
Catch Em Young
by Syed Asma
A few days back my friend’s two-and-a-half-year-old son Ishaan came to visit us with his mom. For most of the day he...
Amity not Animosity
Mir Liyakat
In Ramadan, Muslims throughout the world show unity and steadfastness under the banner of Islam irrespective of their geography and ethnicity. It’s the...