EDITORIAL

Help yourself!

Help yourself!

If the devastating ethnography of the raw realities of life and history in Jammu and Kashmir are looked into, it goes without saying that the most vital chunk of the society –youth – are not only a disarrayed and disturbed lot but they are also exhausted in terms of their hope for a better future. […]

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Area of great concern

Area of great concern

Past few weeks have once again seen resurgence of horrible road accidents which are consumed human lives in both divisions of the state. As usual, what follows from the government besides the expressions of grief and announcements of exgratia relief for the kin of the dead and injured, are instructions for the hospital authorities to […]

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Expedite J&K Bank probe

Expedite J&K Bank probe

That the State government has finally initiated some corrective action against the J&K Bank by sacking its chief is a welcome development. And so is that the bank has been brought within the ambit of Right to Information Act, which means that it will no longer be like the one operating in Cayman Islands, which […]

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Ecotourism?

Ecotourism?

Even as ecotourism has been a buzzword for over two decades now, yet many a hot spots of tourism activity throughout the world are still grappling with ways and means of putting theory into practice. When it comes to tourism in the third world places like Kashmir, where the idea is still in its infancy […]

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Clever scuttling!

Clever scuttling!

There are two ways of confusing and scuttling any corrective action, howsoever well intended it is. Take, for instance, the action against illegal constructions in the city which have come up in violation of the Srinagar Master Plan. First is to ‘make it look indiscriminate while maintaining a careful selectivity’, so that besides those who […]

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For how long…?

For how long…?

Despite repeated pledges by government authorities, they have not been able to keep the rates of various commodities under check. Indeed in Kashmir traders have always made various governments to dance to their tunes. And of course this wouldn’t have been possible if the sleazy money misappropriated from ordinary consumers by way of unscrupulous trade […]

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Restore our roads

Restore our roads

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 be paying people for the damages suffered by their vehicles while moving on the broken roads here. Such is the condition of the roads and […]

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Religions unite

Religions unite

Mela Khir Bhawani once again saw Kashmiri Muslims and Hindus mingled together at Tulmul with traditional touch of Kashmiriyat. While thousands of Kashmiri Hindus (Pandits) converged at Tulmul for yearly religious pilgrimage, there were Muslims welcoming them with open arms. With wet eyes and warm hearts, the two sects, which till 1989 used to live […]

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Conscientious objection

Conscientious objection

“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 to refuse collaboration. And he can deny them just about everything they want – he can deny it by using force at his command. They […]

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Welcome Verdict

Welcome Verdict

Justice has prevailed. Those responsible for brutal rape and murder of a teenaged nomad girl in Rasana, Kathua have been convicted. This conviction has strengthened the faith of the people in judiciary as well as police. It goes without saying that Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Crime Branch investigated the case and have done it so […]

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