As the World Water Day is celebrated all over on March 22, in Kashmir this day comes with a grave reminder of shrinking water bodies and melting glaciers. While these are climate
The first Ashra of the holy month of Ramzan is over and we have entered the second Ashra. As all the Muslims know that first Ashra is of Rehmat (Allah’s mercy), the
During a recent meeting with the senior officials of health department and the principals of Government Medical Colleges, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha directed all the stakeholders to focus on the goal of
“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
For a long time now we have seen successive governments here being very vocal about bringing in “peace through development”. From the development economics point-of-view, the standpoint that better economy brings better
Few years back when some human rights groups here talked about the presence of unmarked mass graves in some parts of the Valley and Jammu region as well, the government’s initial response
A day after Indian Army Chief, Gen Bipin Rawat spoke about having unconditional dialogue with Taliban, the General has once again raised the issue saying Taliban analogy cannt be applied to J&K.
Army Chief General Bipin Rawat’s statement that Taliban should be engaged in an unconditional dialogue has generated quite a few strong reactions from Jammu and Kashmir. Two former Chief Ministers – Omar
It has become a sort of cliché to hear India saying that it could do business with Pakistan only after it stops supporting separatism in Kashmir. Harping on this line for years,
“Justice without power is impotent; power without justice is tyranny.” This is what the major regional players – the National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party – should hear loud and clear. As
The recurring closure of Srinagar-Jammu national highway, particularly during the winter months is a sad old commentary on the sorry state of affairs of Jammu and Kashmir. While day-in and day-out tall
As the autumn sets in here in the Valley, people are made to believe that the administration and its machinery are geared up to face the coming winter. But once the actual
By showing repeated lack of will to deal with Kashmir, both in its domestic as well as international contexts, the BJP-led Central government in New Delhi has done no good – neither