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...

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...

“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...

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...

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...

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...

When East India Company started consolidating British imperial control over India by the mid-eighteenth century, it was directly pitted against the Muslims who had been ruling India since the eleventh...

People in Kashmir have all remained at the receiving end of the bombardment of huge financial figures. No wonder then quite a few clichés have made it to the official...

Politicians have a knack for saying one thing and doing another altogether. They master the skills of claiming one position while actually occupying another. And this trait is easily discernible...

Towards the end of each calendar year it’s customary to review the year going by and make fresh resolutions for the new beginning. So the exercise itself is a good...