The situation in Kashmir is really worrisome. Trouble is not only that the life here has come to a standstill, but major worry is that the life itself is threatened....

Since the onset of political turmoil here, the entire administration has as if been paralyzed and government machinery rendered lifeless. Taking full advantage of the general culture of unaccountability, a...

This is the time of the year when hundreds of thousands of Kashmiri children studying in schools and colleges and even in the universities write their annual exams. This is,...

Protesting against human rights violations or for that matter any genuine cause or concern is ok, but then one needs to draw a line somewhere about the nature of such...

One afternoon during the days of communal riots which preceded the independence and partitioning of India and Pakistan in 1947, recalls Amartya Sen “… a man came through the gate...

Now it is getting ugly, really ugly. The way people are being targeted on the roads and streets by their own people, has become a cause of huge fear and...

Ludwig Boltzman once wrote, nineteenth century will be remembered as the century of Darwin, in much the same way as the twentieth century is remembered as the one belonging to...

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...

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...

The lack of unity and unanimity of thought and action among the Kashmiri leadership has been there for quite a while now. Despite various factors and forces trying their influence...