Step into a government office in Kashmir on a Friday afternoon and you will witness a scene that has become depressingly predictable. Before noon, files are stacked, visitors line up,...

Omar Abdullah has finally found something he can do without sweating – collecting signatures. The former Chief Minister, once in command of the state’s fate, is now reduced to the...

Kashmir reeks – literally. The stench isn’t just from 3,000–3,500 kg of rotten meat seized in a single week; it’s from a Food Safety bureaucracy that has turned vigilance into...

Alhamdulillah, in the fabled land of Kashmir – where chinars blush in autumn and promises melt faster than snowflakes in March – a grand political baby was conceived. It came...

They say health is wealth. In Jammu & Kashmir, it's more like health is stealth – something that vanishes the moment you need it most. Hospitals look like war zones,...

The Constitution was read, Article 370 was retired, and with much fanfare, a new dawn was declared. We were told that a historic wrong had been corrected. But five years...

If Kashmir had a national industry, it wouldn’t be tourism, handicrafts, or horticulture. It would be grief. Because for decades, Kashmiri politicians have made an art form out of commodifying...

Each year, as the twin yatras of Shri Amarnath and Machail unfurl across the Himalayas, lakhs of pilgrims brave the heights not only in search of divine grace but also...

Jammu & Kashmir has done it again. Launched another scheme. A shiny, ambitious, slogan-loaded mission. This time it’s called “Mission YUVA.” Very much like smart cycles.  The name sounds cool....

In May 2023, our urban visionaries dropped 900 bicycles and 100 docking stations onto the streets of Srinagar – from Batamaloo to Lal Chowk – with all the pomp of...