In most places, an armed policeman walking beside someone indicates danger. In Kashmir, he can also indicate status. A politician may lose an election, surrender his office, disappear from public...

In India, when a public project succeeds, an officer’s name is prominently displayed. There are press conferences, social-media posts, glowing profiles, awards, appreciation letters and carefully photographed inauguration ceremonies. The...

There is something impressive about a chief minister who wins an election and then spends the remainder of his term explaining why winning it was practically useless. Omar Abdullah is...

The proposal to develop a third route to the Shri Amarnathji cave from Minamarg, near Drass, should be seen as an important infrastructure and pilgrimage-management idea. It opens a conversation...

A controversial book entered the libraries of government schools in Jammu and Kashmir, passed through an expert committee, survived official scrutiny, crossed several bureaucratic tables, attracted public expenditure and finally...

For decades, Jammu & Kashmir has witnessed governments come and go, alliances emerge and collapse, slogans change, and manifestos get rewritten. Yet one political tradition has remained remarkably consistent: the...

For decades, Jantar Mantar occupied a special place in India's democratic imagination. It was where voices from distant corners of the country converged to seek justice, recognition, and change. A...

For over three decades, the promise of Kashmiri Pandit return has occupied a special place in the political vocabulary of Jammu & Kashmir. Every few months, a conference is organized,...

In Jammu and Kashmir, there are hundreds of pressing issues demanding attention. Unemployment remains high, government offices continue to struggle with efficiency, healthcare is uneven, and drug addiction is quietly...

Jammu and Kashmir may have finally solved all its problems. At least that is the impression one gets from watching its politicians these days. Roads appear perfect, unemployment seems conquered,...