In Kashmir, political resignations are seldom simple departures. They are announcements, accusations, provocations and sometimes the beginning of entirely new political equations. But Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi's resignation from the...

Instead of shifting the administration between Jammu and Srinagar twice a year, why not maintain fully functional administrative establishments in both cities throughout the year? Here are eight reasons why...

In Kashmir, history has a peculiar habit of mocking its victims. In 1989–90, being associated with the RSS, BJP or Indian nationalism could make a Kashmiri Pandit a marked man....

When senior IAS officer Kumar Rajeev Ranjan allegedly abused and threatened JKAS officer Beenish Wani, the controversy raised questions far beyond professional misconduct – especially a disturbing one: Who gave...

The October 7 bureaucratic reshuffle, involving 49 IAS and JKAS officers, has once again set the administrative carousel spinning. Deputy Commissioners have been shifted, departments have acquired new heads, and...

The BJP has dominated Indian politics for more than a decade. It has transformed its electoral presence in several regions where it once had little organisational strength. Yet Kashmir remains...

There is something rather unusual about governance in Jammu and Kashmir today. We have a Chief Minister. We have a Council of Ministers. We have departments headed by ministers. We...

BJP won 29 Assembly seats in Jammu in 2024 and not a single one in Kashmir. Yet that does not mean it cannot one day lead a government in Jammu...

Something unusual is happening inside the National Conference. Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi is no longer behaving like a mildly disgruntled parliamentarian who occasionally disagrees with his leadership. He is challenging...

There is perhaps no political party in India that has spoken about the suffering of Kashmiri Pandits as consistently, emotionally and emphatically as the Bharatiya Janata Party. For decades, the...