Kashmir is really a gold mine, and everybody is busy milking the society and its systems to the best possible advantage and that too without any hassles. Although like elsewhere...

Polythene is a blessing if used carefully but once handled carelessly it turns into an enormous environmental menace as well as a health hazard which will remain shooting its ill-effects...

In an overly politicized atmosphere here ordinary Kashmiris have been given to believe that ‘they are the best’ in terms of talent, competence, and almost everything else. Without going into...

“When people cannot adequately speak or write their language, there arise strong men to speak it for them – and at them.” When linguist Wendell Johnson said this, he was...

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...