With Jammu and Kashmir, like other states of the country, is readying for Lok Sabha polls, two major regional political parties, National Conference (NC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are...

Now that the Chief Election Commission (CEC) of India has announced the dates for holding of general election, all political parties in the country are fully geared up for the...

“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...

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...

Notwithstanding the apex court’s directions to ensure that no such thing happens, the Kashmiris have once again been singled out for mob violence. This time on a posh Lucknow street...

Years and decades of systematic disenfranchisement and constant bullying have sowed the seeds of anger and aversion so deep into the popular psyche in Kashmir that the situation here remains...

“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...

Past couple of weeks have once again seen resurgence of horrible road accidents which consumed scores of people in both divisions of the state. As usual, what followed from the...

Politicians have a knack for saying one thing and doing something else. They master the skills of claiming one position while actually occupying another. This difference of their positions becomes...

In the 1991 ‘coalition war’ with Iraq, the United States and its partners won a decisive victory. Yet Saddam Hussein did not experience decisive defeat, and he continued to not...