Dismayed
The much hyped talk of appointing interlocutors for Kashmir have started as a damp squib, with most people dismayed by New Delhi’s choice. Iftikhar...
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...
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...
Karakoram’s Newerland
Islamabad’s fresh dose of autonomy to the erstwhile Northern Areas have created a lot of heat and dust. R S Gull profiles the region’s history...
Sequestered
After the government cancelled the curfew passes issued to media persons in Kashmir, many of them were stuck in their offices. No newspapers could...
Virtual stones, real handcuffs
The crackdown on street protesting and stone pelting has reached to cyber world with police booking people for instigating unrest in south Kashmir’s Islamabad...
Theatrics at LoC
The barter trade allowed across LoC at two points – Uri and Poonch – has been plagued with problems right from its inception. Meanwhile...
Behind the Tiger
He donned a fake pistol and gave a blow to liquor trade and cinemas in Kashmir, a jolt from which these never recovered. He...
Emptied Lap
The turmoil has exacted a heavy toll on Kashmir. For each causality reported there is an unreported emptied lap. Shazia Khan meets a few...
Masters In Uniform
The allegations that the army had resorted to taking Kashmiris on forced labour (Begaar) during the last two decades has opened the historical wounds...
Home Calling!
As New Delhi debates its surrender policy and draws flak for calling back ‘militants’ from PaK, hardly anyone explains that apart from intending or...
In Oblivion: Life of a Renegade’s family
They fought India’s war in Kashmir and paid with their lives. Now their families, ignored by government and ostracised by the society, fight a...
Bartering of a year
Started in a hurry, the trans-LoC trade had more hurdles than pedals. Despite government promises of sorting out modalities soon, a year after the...
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...