Other day Srinagar saw a protest demonstration by a group of people who were up in arms against the continued neglect of picturesque Gulmarg. Among other things they alleged that...

Kashmir has been reeling under the renewed cycles of public unrest and violence for past three decades now and despite tall claims by the successive governments, no respite has come...

Ever wondered why most of people here prefer to keep quiet when they should actually be speaking out against the kind of politics that is played with them and on...

In 1961, diamond-rich Botswana and Sierra Leone had approximately the same per capita income of about US$1,070, when both these countries in Africa adopted and experienced extremely different paths of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...