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

As the Valley is inching towards winter, the power problems are making a steady return to haunt the people here. Hours-long daily power-cuts in the metered areas of the city...

Living in a globalized world where “man’s home” has widened to encompass entire globe, there are obviously certain technologies whose influence is so widespread that impact is felt in other...

It has been for decades now that people here have been listening to the government assertions about prioritizing development. No wonder the words and terms like ‘peace’ and ‘development’ have...

While a concerted effort is being made to muzzle the voices of dissent – otherwise the life blood of democracy – the institutions, which were until recently seen as great...

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...