Not a drop to drink…
The state of Jammu and Kashmir is lavishly bestowed with abundant water resources which have immense potential to change the life-standard of the inhabitants of the whole state provided they are exploited judiciously. However, what meets the eye is a soaring picture that if not rectified could lead to an entirely different conclusion which is […]
Dealing with unscrupulous traders
“This is to be asserted in general of men, that they are ungrateful, fickle, fake, cowardly, covetous… As long as you succeed they are yours entirely; they will offer you their blood, property, life and children when the need is far distant; but when it approaches they turn against you.” This is Machiavelli, one of […]
Bigger initiatives needed
The official assertions often tend to think of the political traditions and concepts of democracy and citizenship in Jammu and Kashmir same as shared among other states in the Indian mainland. But as the events of past three decades would indicate – especially the difficulty with which common masses are attempting to reclaim their right […]
Abused term
Development economics is about soft, gentle, humane and wise economic policy that emphasizes the importance of social by placing the well-being of humans at center-stage of economic policy. It is and must be seen as both the goal and the means for development, not simply a side-effect. By linking the economic progress and development with […]
Shallow experts!
‘There is a place under the sun for every citizen of this world.’ If only this statement were true, then the world would have been a better place – free from strife and war. However, the world, as it has always existed, remains not how philosophers and thinkers have idealized it to be. It is […]
Wanton loot
The wanton loot and plunder of the state’s forest wealth is common knowledge and one could say without any fear of contradiction that every inhabitant of this God-forsaken lad is aware of it. It would be only wondrous to believe that those heading the Forest department would be unaware. Indeed they are the ones who […]
Tactical subversion
“Please don’t declare a holiday as a mark of respect to me when I die…of course, I will.” This is what Justice A K Ganguly – who was one of the two judges on the 2G bench – underlined in February 2012. The judge was lamenting that the vacation system was a very serious issue […]
Spell it out for people
September 11, 2001, brought a paradigm shift hundreds of thousands of Americans’ thinking — their illusion of invulnerability was shattered. Life underwent a big change, particularly for the thousands of families and friends of those who were killed when America’s symbols of power and wealth came under attack. If such a catastrophe can catch the […]
Fixing the responsibility
Death of Arshid Ahmad Dar, a 23-year old from village Chanabal of Pattan, who was injured in police action a few days back while he was part of a protest demonstration held against the rape of a minor girl child in Sumbal, succumbed to his injuries late Wednesday evening. The death has once again raised […]
Hanging our heads in shame
While people of Kashmir were yet to come out of the shock of what happened with a three-year-old child in Sumbal area of Bandipora district, another shocking news has come from Ganderbal where one more teanager has fallen to the lust of a beast in human skin. Since the Bandipora gruesome rape came to fore, […]
