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...

There is a provision of certain sops, like the provision of land for setting up industrial units, for those wanting to start such business ventures. Few sops there also for...

Any serious commentary on the politics of Kashmir tends to be disdainful of the political elite; and more than their ‘person’, of their politicizing the mundane for selfish ends. And...

The amount and extent of institutionalized corruption in Jammu and Kashmir quite reasonably justifies its position at top in the Transparency International’s list of corrupt states. Not a single day...

Finally the city administration here seems to have woke up to the problem of beggary. Srinagar district administration merits praise for having banned the beggary, though it still remains to...

It is the responsibility of the government and its concerned agencies to ensure semblance of law everywhere in the state. Besides the big political and developmental issues, even everything mundane,...

What happened in Imam Sahib Shopian Monday evening is really unfortunate, and absolutely uncalled for. The incident was also perfectly avoidable had the concerned Army unit (34 RR) and for...

In a 1970 publication – ‘The Great Conspiracy Trial’ – author Jason Epstein records an anecdote about the trial of the Chicago Seven: Over the weekend some 150 lawyers from...

The heightened tensions between India and Pakistan across the LOC and International Border  in Jammu and Kashmir have once again become a staple for the debates which are beamed into...

It is perhaps for the first time since her taking over as Chief Minister that Mehbooba Mufti has got what she had desired. And interestingly what she had asked for...