In 1961, diamond-rich Botswana and Sierra Leone had approximately the same per capita income of about US$1,070, when both these countries in Africa adopted and experienced extremely different paths of...

With New Delhi consistently insisting that the trouble in Kashmir is just “cross-border manipulation by Pakistan”, and refusing to look at it also as a manifestation of people’s anger and...

For the past couple of days, there is a needless furor about Navjot Singh Sidhu’s Pakistan visit. While some are questioning why at all did he go for the swearing-in...

Now that the state has come under the Governor’s rule, it is but natural for the people to expect something better as far as the degree and quality of governance...

Even as it is a known fact that all revolutions must have ideologies to spurn them on, however, it is also true that “in the heat of the conflict these...

The official assertions often want us to think of the political traditions and concepts of democracy and citizenship in Jammu and Kashmir same as shared among other states in the...

That rampant corruption is the main cause of concern and major irritant for the common masses here is known to all. But thus far besides the verbal assurances about ridding...

Blame it on the political turmoil and the subsequent violence, Jammu and Kashmir serves a typical example of any conflict-ravaged country. There is corruption and lack of accountability here. Policies...

World, as it has always existed, remains not how philosophers and thinkers have idealized it to be. It is an arena of unequal opportunities, where for centuries the elites have...

The increased incidence of road accidents in the state has for years been highlighting loopholes that characterize traffic management in J&K. Be it faulty road engineering and pathetic condition of...