‘It is God’s Grace’
In 2007 when Americans refused separatist Syed Ali Geelani a visa because of his alleged contacts with militants, and being opposed to the then...
Kashmir cablegate
The complex dynamic of Kashmir conflict is difficult for many to understand. But scores of leaked US cables bring out an assessment that is...
Anna Can Wait
Anna Hazare has not resonated in Kashmir. Alienation in the region is so deep that Kashmir has virtually rejected the entire system and Anna’s...
Kashmir Lobbyist On Trial
For more than two decades, Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai has globally been the most prominent advocate of the Kashmir 'cause'. Last week, America’s FBI...
Weary of Kashmir summers
Rush of tourists and Chidambaram’s ability to walk in the downtown Srinagar may indicate some semblance of normalcy in Kashmir but the message of...
The coalition circus
Historically, the relationship between NC and Congress has remained a tenuous affair but it has never come in their way to rule J&K jointly....
11 sq km of change
In this remote, election-bound hamlet on the LoC, an engineer turned actor is the face of a young, aspiring Kashmir. Peerzada Ashiq reports.Diesel jeans....
Sangh On Sale
The BJP won a historic mandate in Jammu - 11 of the 87 seats in 2008 state elections after enforcing an economic blockade on...
Certifying Dogras
With National Conference justifying Congress’s decision of bestowing Jammu province with ‘Dogra Certificates’, the issue is gradually snowballing into a crisis in Kashmir. A...
Economic politics
Prime Minister Dr Singh did not say much on his day long visit to the state except hoping for cooperation from all sections of...
Sonia shuffles her team
The Congress has retained Ghulam Nabi Azad in the CWC besides inducting GS Charak in the central committee. Though Saifudin Soz does not figure...
Divided we stand
The internal bickering in J&K Congress has divided the party into two factions with each trying to outsmart the other, causing a nuisance for...
Last Days of Maqbool Butt
Kashmir Life reproduces the article published in The Week, a Malyalam Manorama publication (February 19-25, 1984), a week after Maqbool Butt was hanged in...
Flagging Kashmir
The BJP may not have been able to hoist a flag at Lal Chowk but it sent a message across the country appealing to...
Back in action
The summer unrest had confined the unionist politicians to their barricaded homes, but with things slowly easing off, many are out on streets, organising...
