‘Secular’ (Hand)Shake
From 61 in 1967 to 12 seats in 2014, the Indian National Congress’s ‘hand’ has lost its touch of ‘secularism’ in the state over...
Separated Apart
With election process in Kashmir concluding rather peacefully local security apparatus and New Delhi are upbeat to claim a victory over separatists. But separatist...
Pushing the Buttons
Irrespective of neglect and lack of development in twin constituencies of Shopian and Wachi, it is the elections that are being talked about. Shah...
Reclaiming Legacy
Sajjad Lone’s plunge to reclaim the legacy he inherited from his father has changed the contours of contest in border Kupwara. It is no...
Kulgam Kaleidoscope
Fast earning a tag of ‘security constituency,’ the south Kashmir’s Kulgam district will be polling in phase-II on December 2. Apart from Tarigami &...
Missing Factor
His maiden defeat made Dr Farooq Abdullah quit politics for obvious health reasons. It is not his party alone that is feeling his absence...
It Is Opportunism, Stupid!
As hoards of politicians’ crossover and embrace groupings they stood against for, embarrassed commoners feel shocked. But ideologies being dead for a long time,...
View from Razdan Pass
With the dawn of November 25, Bandipora district overlooked by Razdan pass will witness first phase polling in its three assembly segments. While it...
Elections: Summer V/S Autumn
J&K witnessed an intensely contested election for Indian Parliament in 2014 summer. Despite floods, assembly elections will have the first of the five phases...
Enjoy Thy Lord!
Politicians in Kashmir not only enjoy the privilege to frame laws for the masses but impunity to mend them! With negligible conviction rate politicians...
Lost in Translation
Looking for a government job, get a degree first. Want to make laws and rule the state, fret not. You can be a cabinet...
Have a Nice Stay Sir!
Despite enjoying freebies worth crores, lawmakers drain the system by turning defaulters when it comes to pay back. Syed Asma takes a look at...
Keeping Them Safe
It takes Rs 100 annually to secure VVIPs in a cash starved state. Safwat Zargar reports the largesse of a system that scrooge on...
Travesty of travel
The state still caught in monarch practice of durbar move is safe-haven for its movers and shakers who often fly up by creating void...
Business of Politics
It is been argued since long that politics and business are hand in glove, but in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, they are...
