Any serious commentary on the politics of Kashmir tends to be disdainful of the political elite; and more than their ‘person’, of their politicizing the mundane for selfish ends. And...

The BJP government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is about to complete its tenure at the Centre. As expected, government is drumming up its achievements, and rightfully so. But...

If the devastating ethnography of the raw realities of life and history in Kashmir are looked into, it goes without saying that the most vital chunk of the society –...

Jobs for the jobless have always figured on top of the promissory lists of successive governments here. Every single government has always pledged to explore ways and means of providing...

Past week Governor Satya Pal Malik among so many other things also talked about something called “single window clearance” system being put in place in the state to boost industrial...

Once again in his Republic Day speech and messages, the State Governor remained centered around progress and development -- claiming that the State was on path of development – thanks...

The fundamental importance of human freedom, in general, is strongly supplemented by the “instrumental effectiveness of freedoms of particular kinds to promote freedoms of other kinds”. It is because the...

Gone are the days when events and happenings in any part of the world would remain confined to the geographical boundaries of that part only. Living in today's ‘mediatized’ societies,...

This Tuesday saw two unfortunate incidents happening in Srinagar and Shopian. In Habba Kadal area of downtown Srinagar, a young boy was critically injured by a stone pelted at him...

One of the fundamental differences between liberal democracies and more totalitarian societies is that liberal democracies are more tolerant of dissent and protests. Totalitarian regimes, on the other hand, treat...