The Particle Odyssey
The world around us seems to be made up of some minuscule fundamental particles. However which particles are regarded as fundamental varies with time. This goes back to Greeks who had credence that all matter was composed of small indiscrete particles; they called these particles as ‘atoms’. Their argument hinged on the inkling that it […]
The financial fiasco and SSA salaries!
Whenever the voices of dissent grow shriller, government comes up with a new assurance.
By: SAMEER FIDA HUSSAIN By now my ingenuity on the topic of SSA and SSA teachers has nearly exhausted. Lot has been said but nothing has been done in this regard. This deprived lot has been left to fend for themselves as SSA teachers, or more appropriately the General Line Teachers recruited under SSA, are […]
The Sorry State of affairs and the women in Kashmir
By: Nazima Hassan Kashmir, as they say, is ‘Heaven on Earth’! It may be true perhaps to people who come from other countries or for that matter rest of the states of India also. For an ordinary Kashmiri what Kashmir is all about is perhaps a question that hardly needs any answer. Being a student […]
JK Assembly dissolution: Blocking the Road to democracy
BY: RAYEES MASROOR The governor of Jammu and Kashmir Satya Pal Malik dissolved the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly minutes after Mehbooba Mufti backed by claimed support of National Conference and Congress and staked claim for Government formation in the state. Following this development BJP ally and People’s Conference Chairman Sajad Gani Lone also addressed a […]
The day we should never forget!
BY: Javeed Ali Undoubtedly, there is no day as beautiful as the day of the birth anniversary of the impeccable and ideal personality in the whole Universe. The day which illuminated the whole World, the day which annihilated the foundations of ignorance. The day humanity regained its humanism. The day oppressed and persecuted found their […]
Aung Sang Suu Kyi: Not so Nobel!
By: Nasir Ahmad Dar Amnesty International recently striped Aung Sang Suu Kyi of the highest honor saying it was “profoundly dismayed” at her failure to acknowledge the full scale atrocities against the Rohingya people. This is one of the many international accolades that she received for her struggle against the mighty military regime in her […]
Local body elections and Kashmir issue!
By: Muzamil Manzoor & Shahjhan Mustafa Elections are imperative for peace-building and in the contemporary international norms elections are used as a potential conflict management strategy as these tend to mould the competition in a given society towards a constructive process. It is the peaceable and rule bound method to end social and political differences. […]
If the Modi Government Can Sit at the Table With the Taliban, Why Not Kashmiri Separatists?
The Narendra Modi government has a duality of approach to problems in Afghanistan and Kashmir. Inviting stakeholders to contribute to a resolution in the troubled state will be a feather in its cap.
BY: Badri Raina As we write, talks are being initiated in Moscow to find a solution to the political imbroglio in Afghanistan after some fifteen years of continuous warfare that has led to no decisive victories or defeats. If anything, America’s longest war there has not only cost it heavily, but brought home to its […]
The Akbari Synthesis and India’s Plurality
By: Ranjit Hoskote THE PARAKEETS transit between heaven and earth like the souls of departed Sufis, their music of trill, squawk and wooroo echoing in the vaulted arches. Morning’s hazy lucidity brushes the tomb, the light snagging in the mottled red sandstone and sparking along marble intarsia. Antelopes rest in its grounds. Their graceful ease […]
Iran Sanctions: India Has Given In to US Pressure
Reduced imports to zero import
By: PRAKASH KARAT The Modi government has caved in, in the face of threats of US sanctions regarding oil imports from Iran. At first glance, this would seem improbable, given the way the government is trying to project the temporary waiver from sanctions given to India and seven other countries. However, the picture becomes clear […]
