Shah’s Sojourn
BJP president and Home Minister Amit Shah made his maiden visit to the state, distinct by refusing to meet any political party. Analysts say...
New Front, Old Frontier
The joining of hands between two former state government officers, engineer Rasheed and Shah Feasal, is the beginning of the tectonic shift and realignment...
Delimitating Debate
Powerful Modi government is reportedly toying with the idea of a fresh delimitation for Kashmir assembly by undoing a legislative freeze. While there is...
‘Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, This State Is Not An Artificial Entity’
Justice Hasnain Masoodi, the former judge whom people elected to Lok Sabha against Mehbooba Mufti, tell Saima Bhat he will be the voice of...
Low Poll Heroics
In the just-concluded Lok Sabha polls that gave Narendra Modi a Himalayan mandate, Jammu and Kashmir also sent six representatives to the Lok Sabha....
Filling A Void
Regional parties raise expectations and then fail to deliver. The stitching of the BJPDP alliance in 2014 and bloody aftermath in 2016, are key...
Between Death and Democracy
Being in politics at an ideologically split place is difficult. But being a political worker for a unionist party in south Kashmir is hugely...
Raja and Maharaja
Gone are the days when the only Maharajas were moneyed. The affidavits filed by the politicians contesting Lok Sabha polls suggest that it is...
In Bits and Pieces
With the parties busy fielding candidates, stitching alliances and readying for enigmatic ‘friendly contests’, the dominant feeling in the air is to deny space...
Delayed Democracy?
Kashmir parties are upset with the Election Commission’s decision of delinking the assembly from the Lok Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Some even...
Jamaat Jammed
As the Jamaat-e-Islami workers are imprisoned across Jammu and Kashmir after the party was banned by the Home Ministry, forcing lot many to go...
‘You can’t get intelligence about what is inside the mind of a suicide bomber’
In the wake of Lethpora attack and the subsequent development, Saima Bhat interviewed A S Dulat, the former RAW Chief and one of the...
Uncomfortable Questions?
While people were seeking answers in the wake of the horrific Lethpora attack, the subsequent situation threw up more questions for Delhi and Srinagar,...
Chaotic Politics
With many politicians keen to fight for Jammu and Kashmir’s leadership and are in the process of either strengthening their base or creating their...
Reconnecting South
Post-Burhan Wani, Mehbooba Mufti attempted breaking the ice by visiting two families deep South. Will it help the unionists to reconnect with a region...
