The Seditions and the Reprehensible Nature of Politics in India
By: Shabeer Ahmad Khan The precocious nine year old traumatized Oskar Shell in Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel ‘Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close’(2005)after finding a key in his deceased ( a 9/11 casualty) father’s closet in an envelope labeled ‘Black’ and embarks on a traumatized quest to find about the secretive nature of it by interviewing […]
CONSTITUTION OF INDIA: A CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE
By: Qazi Athar The Constituent Assembly of India mandated its drafting committee to frame a constitution for the new born heterogeneous and geographically vast country. The drafting committee was headed by the renowned legal luminary Dr. B.R Ambedkar and after the completion of drafting, he moved a motion – ‘The Constitution as settled by the […]
Muzzling freedom of expression
I disapprove of what you say but I will defend to death your right to say it- Voltaire
BY: BILAL AHMAD NAIK The other day I read a Facebook post wherein a renowned doctor was apologizing because his previous post had allegedly hurt sentiments of some people. The fear that the doctor would have felt was evident in his post. I could see regret as well as exasperation in it. He went to […]
The disempowered youth of Kashmir!
By: Zahid Sultan/Bhat Irshad The anger in Kashmir, particular among the young, is deep rooted and manifested in different forms. The ‘present’ in Kashmir is badly bruised and a hope for a better ‘future’ has all but disappeared. In some instances such a situation finds its expression in the emotion of anger while in others […]
An Act of criminality at LD Hospital
By: Mushtaq Hurra Every conscious soul felt the pain of the Kupwara family whose daughter was forced to give birth to a still baby on the roadside after the doctors, reportedly, refused to admit her in the hospital- the only maternity hospital in the valley. The pictures of parturition done under the open sky send […]
We cannot blame sun for global warming
By: Sheikh Nissar The unabated global environmental change is posing a serious threat to the survival of man. Weather and climate, the dynamic aspects of physical environment affect wide range of human activities. Its influence on human welfare range from immediate effects of weather to long term responses associated with climate change. Over the billions […]
The plight of ‘Under graduate’ students of KU
By: Javaid Ahmad Mir The University of Kashmir has secured 47th position among universities assessed in the National Institutional Ranking Framework 2018, according to the results announced by MHRD .It also has been awarded grade “A” university by the NAAC in 2011. The University has grown into one of the largest universities with 12 faculties, […]
The resignation that triggered many debates
By: Mushtaq Hurra Dr. Shah Faesal and his resignation from the bureaucracy have caught media by storm. All the news channels are abuzz with debates and analysis about the big decision that this IAS topper took. Social Media is flooded with posts, comments and arguments regarding the decision of 2010 batch IAS topper who had […]
Debating political contours in Kashmir
In making his final choice between various shades of politics here, Shah Faesel will have to answer himself more than anyone else.
By: Mudasir Ahmad Gori The first UPSC topper from Jammu and Kashmir found himself in the middle of a controversy when the rumour of his joining mainstream politics was making rounds. He, rather, found himself at the centre of the debate immediately after his resignation which has given birth to innumerable questions, uncountable perceptions and […]
Shah Faesal’s resignation raises many eyebrows!
By: RAYEES Masroor Months of speculations came to an end when one of the most celebrated youth icons and also the 2010 IAS topper, Dr.Shah faesal, resigned from his job and stated that he was likely to join electoral politics. Social media is abuzz with the rumors that he is going to contest elections as […]
