Dubai Dreams Gone Sour
Flight to Dubai may have been a long cherished dream; the excitement in trader community is about attracting high end tourists. Can the Indian...
First session doesn’t inspire confidence
Naeem Akhtar
Much has been said about the present State Assembly on many counts. Chief reason for its estimation so high is the large...
Dynastic Democracy
From an independent Kingdom to present dispensation, and a lot of chaos and tyranny in between, it has been a long journey for Kashmir’s...
Caged
With six PSAs in a row and 16 in all, Masarat Alam holds a kind of record. The state, however, is in no mood...
Marriage of the year
Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman Yasin Malik brought home his Pakistani bride Mushaal Mullick known for her racy paintings. The 40-year-old Malik had married...
More than a commissioner
Wajahat Habibullah is ready to take over as J&K first CIC, but his understanding of Kashmir coupled with his unhindered access to 10 Janpath...
Hand That Shakes
Congress’s association with Kashmir dates back to the 1930s. Using power as a lever afte Congress’s association with Kashmir dates back to the 1930s....
The Story So Far
Notwithstanding the massacres, unrest and detentions, there has rarely been any period during last two decades when New Delhi was not in touch with...
Now, Quiet Talks
New Delhi has given a new dimension to dialogue with Kashmir separatists by introducing “quiet talks” or “quiet diplomacy”. Why did the previous dialogues...
Dragon diplomacy
As India and Pakistan keep fighting their hot and cold wars – physical and diplomatic – over Kashmir, China is often considered the silent...
Now communalising commerce
Iftikhar GeelaniImagine Muslim traders in Azamgarh district of UP or Aurangabad or Malegaon in Maharashtra deciding to constitute their own chamber of commerce. The...
‘Abdullah had agreed to join Congress’
In the concluding part of the interview with Shahnawaz Khan senior journalist Ved Bhasin talks about his first hand knowledge of important Kashmiri leaders
(Sheikh...
Riots changed J&K politics
Journalist Ved Bhasin has completed six decades in active journalism, but the editor of Kashmir Times has had an equal proximity to politics. Politics,...
Afraid of a woman!
The state government’s insistence on keeping woman separatist Asiya Andrabi jailed out of Kashmir surprises even the apex court of India. Hamidullah Dar reports.
As...
High handed occupation
Legislators meant to improve public facilities in their constituencies are encroaching existing ones, so are small rung political leaders. Police in the state is...
