Since the massive floods of September 2014, Kashmir Valley has been facing constant threat of a similar deluge. Each time it rains here for a few days, the rivers and...

Blame it on bad and unresponsive governance, the exercise of power and authority has all along been very problematic here. Needless to say that in an overly politicized situation wherein...

For quite some time now people here are being bombarded with huge financial figures. A standard catch-line accompanying these whooping sums informs them that this money is and will be...

During feudal ages a “man’s home was his castle”. He could do whatever he wished to anyone who might trespass on his property, as the belief was that property ownership...

Incessant rains for two days and the entire Kashmir was almost flooded. People living near the banks of river Jehlum lived two more nights of uncertainty shifting their house-hold items...

People of Kashmir should seriously start thinking about not paying the road tax. The reason is simple: government does not deserve it. Instead it is the government which should actually...

Unabated violence in Kashmir is indicative of the unfortunate reality that all is not just as fine here as people otherwise are expected to believe it is. With certain sections...

“The tyrant and his subjects are in somewhat symmetrical positions. They can deny him most of what he wants – they can, that is, if they have the disciplined organization...

Past week Mela Khir Bhawani once again saw Kashmiri Muslims and Hindus mingling together at Tulmul – the way they have always been for centuries. While thousands of Kashmiri Hindus...

Any idea why people of Kashmir have generally lost it with the politics, and with the word ‘democracy’ – the kind of democracy they have witnessed all along? The answer...