Letter to Teachers
By Shah Faesal
We are just three days away from that beautiful moment when all schools shall reopen after three-months long winter break. The moment...
Rise Above Blame Game
By Aaqib Javaid
Thirty Kashmiri girls on army tour have stirred up a hornet’s nest in valley. Most of the valleyites are blaming these girls,...
Walnut Woes
By Amit Koul
The most pathetic activity of civilized society isn’t only to look into the personal affairs—but equally not to anticipate the dark future...
A Call for the Social Change
By: Towfeeq Wani
A certain twenty-three year old boy, just out of an engineering college, wearing blue jeans and a stripped knee-length kurta, donning a...
Intercaste Marriage
"You will discover oneness, a sense of belonging when you find that human traits are the same, despite the difference in pickles, papads or...
New York Times Kashmir Editorial
Demands for retaliation are growing in India after a deadly attack by armed militants that killed 18 Indian soldiers early Sunday morning at a...
Life After Heartbreak
By Musheer Ul Haq Manhas
Sometimes this broken heart, says American ordained nun Pema Chödrön, gives birth to anxiety and panic, sometimes to anger, resentment...
Jan 5: Shabir Shah’s UN Memorandum
His Excellency,
Mr. Ban Ki Moon
Secretary General,
United Nations Organization
New York, NY, 10017 (USA)
Subject: Kashmir Seeks Attention
Dear Sir,
While people of Jammu and Kashmir observe Right to...
Guard Your Gaze
By Rameez Bhat
In this era of time marked by immodesty spreading through pornography, television, intimate videos, cell phones, cinemas, erotic stories, misuse of internet...
‘Kashmir Mourns’
Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai
N N Vohra, Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and apparent ventriloquist dummy for some folks a little further south, according to...
#Burhan Backlash: Mirwaiz Puts UN Chief on Notice
By Mirwaiz Umar Farooq
In view of the prevailing situation in Kashmir, Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has written a letter...
Multitasking Madrassa
By Shafiq Mir
When the entire Madrassa system (Islamic Education Institutions) in India are under criticism of certain forces for providing radical education away from...
Why This Jingoism
by Mohammad Shoaib
Arnab Goswami of Times Now needs no introduction. He is notoriously famous for his jingoistic temperament and equally known for building opinions...
Marriage or Mirage!
By Gowhar Shameem Mir
Marriage is described to be a pious, personal, and the perfect affair by almost all the religions of the world. It’s...
Turning the Calendar
by Shah Faesal
Counting "red-letter" days on a J&K Bank Calendar - at times by standing over a pile of cushions as the prized Calendars...