Undoing Vajpayee?
Hopes that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will land in Srinagar and revive the moribund processes ailing Kashmir proved a hoax. Hosts are frustrated and...
Consolidate Now
Baglihar is the game changer in J&K’s energy sector but the gain would go down the drain if the policymakers do not affect the...
Host Mufti, Guest Modi
Prime Minister’s weekend Kashmir visit is not an ordinary one. Excited over Leh polls victory, his arrival follows his parivaar using the cow issue...
Saffron Games
As heightened communal tensions are helping it somehow keep it’s vote bank intact in Jammu, the rightwing is a joint family in Kashmir to...
Straining Forests
From once a self-sufficient timber producer to a major importer, Kashmir’s forest tale has many chapters written in red. Shakir Mir reports the gulf...
Aftershocks
Ten years after tremors struck valley devouring 1,400 people in a matter of few minutes, the worst hit Uri in North Kashmir has been...
Ah, Set Afire
With conflict dominating the discourse, the ugly side of Kashmir’s routine is consigned to individual memory. To this was added a mother of two...
Tara-rara
Considered to be more than a love story between Tara Chand and his aide Kewal Krishan Sharma, the two fell apart in 2013 summer....
Grave Reports
Amid ceaseless complaints of torture, abduction and new age pellet assault in Kashmir, two documents released recently point out the ghastly security onslaught in...
The ‘Saffron’ Line
Delhi and Islamabad went back to their stated positions and cancelled the scheduled NSA talks. This time, again, Kashmir was the main factor. Amid...
Frontier Woes
Caught in the crossfire between India and Pakistan the people of J&K living near IB and LoC are on a razor’s edge. Meha Dixit...
Tel Aviv Outhouse
Away from the Srinagar’s politics a small tourist spot in Pahalgham is heaven for Israeli tourists. They spend their days watching ‘birds’. Suhail A...
A Backward Push?
In the din of neutralizing J&K’s exclusivity in the Indian federation, a right-wing think tank has finally sought judicial intervention questioning Presidential powers. Syed...
Memon Memories
As Yakub Memon’s hanging triggered a debate across India, various Kashmiris knowing Mumbai’s Tiger after 1993 refreshed their memories telling Bilal Handoo how Delhi...
Angry Nature
Flash floods and cloudbursts are the new entries in Kashmir’s troubled lingo. With 19 occurrences in last 20 days, Kashmir is witnessing a massive...
