Immune and offensive
Enjoying the immunity granted to its men under Armed Forces Special Powers Act, the army has consistently sidelined the courts in J&K, yet in...
Commuter’s nightmare
With uncomfortable, overloaded buses, commuting in Srinagar continues to be an ordeal. Ibrahim Wani reports on the travails of commuting in Srinagar.
It takes him...
Mini Kashmir
Centuries ago they migrated to escape bonded labour or persecution, their language is Kashmiri’s only other dialect and their hearts beat for their brethren...
Distortion of History
Archival evidence suggests that Indo-China border dispute have no roots in history and old maps were burnt in the Ministry of External Affairs to...
Summers of Unrest Challenging India
Not to take up arms again represents a major shift in tactics, and one to which political leaders both in Kashmir and in New...
No way for roads
The number of vehicles in Srinagar has increased five times in the last twenty years while road lengths saw negligible growth. Kashmir Life takes...
Non-existent bonds
A US intelligence analysis group Stratfor has pooh-poohed the accusations of links between Kashmiri separatists and Maoist of central and eastern India leveled by...
American pie turns sour
Though Obama skipped the public mention of Kashmir , his India visit did not please Indians as much as his predecessors’ visits did. The...
Buying out the West
The rise of Indian clout has an overwhelming influence on the West’s policy towards Kashmir, which until recent times favoured a resolution taking Kashmiri...
Top catch
The government got the most sought after man, on whom it had placed a Rs 10 lakh bounty. Masrat Alam had evaded arrest for...
A season for universities!
The Legislative Assembly passed bills for allowing setting up of three private universities in the nine-day session when all the Opposition had boycotted it,...
Packaged dismay
While the separatists dubbed New Delhi’s eight-point package as an eyewash and bereft of any political initiatives, common man in Kashmir is also disappointed...
For love of Gandhi surname
Sonia Gandhi has been chosen for fourth consecutive term as Congress chief. Her love for Omar has made her averse to any discussion on...
Aiming in the dark
New Delhi has recently hinted at restarting the dialogue with Kashmiri leadership but seems to be clueless as to who to talk to. Khursheed...
Reconciling with Kashmir
As the unrest in Kashmir continues unabated, PM Manmohan Singh, spoke of his anguish at the loss of life in Kashmir and hinted that...
