Doval and Narayanan: Peas In A Time Warped Pod
The biggest reason for not re-employing retired bureaucrats, particularly after a spell out of power, is that they tend to remain stuck in time. In that if an official has retired in say in 2000 and re-employed in 2010 for him the ten intervening years have never happened. The good or the bad of the […]
Satyapal Malik, the New Governor of Jammu and Kashmir: A Profile
A socialist to boot
President Ram NathKovind has appointed Satya Pal Malik as the new Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, finally bringing an end to the long innings of N.N.Vohra. Malik was earlier the Governor of Bihar. A member of the Janata Dal Malik has emerged as a surprise choice for Jammu and Kashmir, and is a contradiction to […]
Are We Journalists, or Just Women Journalists?
Journalism has no gender
The Indian Women’s Press Corps, an august body promoting segregation in a profession that can only function effectively without, is in the midst of deep conflict. Currently. Why? Because of an interaction with Congress president Rahul Gandhi with over 50, some say 100, women journalists held at the India International Centre amidst deep secrecy. The […]
The Battle for 2019 Begins in UP: BJP Sounds the Bugle
Development for now, rest later
80 Lok Sabha seats are sufficient to ensure that any differences that might exist between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath are blown away, at least until after the general elections. Those hoping to see differences widen between the two are disappointed, with both leaders now on the same page […]
Presidents Rule: The Reasons Are Not Simple But As Complicated as Kashmir Itself
A tinge of desperation too
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s decision to withdraw support to the PDP government in Jammu and Kashmir, and move towards President’s rule, is not as simple as it appears. Mainly because the reasons leading up to it are complicated, and carry within the web intricacies that are not necessarily visible to those looking on the state […]
Who Killed Shujaat Bukhari? A Murder Designed to Push Kashmir Over the Edge
This is no ordinary killing
This is no ordinary killing. And these platitudes of “how terrible” pouring in from top politicians in Delhi and Srinagar disgust me frankly. As these are so meaningless and almost as if once the statement is issued, their responsibility is over. It is not an ordinary killing as Rising Kashmir Editor Shujaat Bukhari was not […]
Mass Uprising in Kashmir
If what is happening currently in Kashmir is seen as anything short of a mass uprising then New Delhi is clearly deluding itself. The hard and angry actions by the Indian Army that has seen large scale human rights violations in the Valley has not quelled the protests but indeed intensified these. The hard state […]
ByPolls Establish a Change of Opposition Guard For 2019: Bold and Aggressive
The 3 musketeers and more
NEW DELHI: It has finally happened, and without much ado. A change of guard has taken place in these byelections with the first responses to the opposition victory coming from the new leaders in the fray. Akhilesh Yadav of the Samajwadi party the architect of opposition unity in Uttar Pradesh, Tejaswi Yadav who has taken […]
A New Opposition Front? Yes, If the Congress Plays the Role of the Left in 2004
Karnataka seems to be moving fast, from a BJP-mukt (BJP free) South India it is now leading the states in bringing about a major opposition unity on the lines of the erstwhile United Front. The circumstances are different as indeed are some of the players, but the oath taking of HD Kumaraswamy is fast turning […]
1 Tourist + 36 Civilians + 24 Soldiers + 40 Militants Killed Since Jan 1 = War Zone
A 22 year old tourist from Tamil Nadu was killed and his mother and another relative injured when the car in which they were travelling came under a volley of stones hurled by protestors on the Srinagar-Gulmarg highway. The tragic incident has added to the toll of lives lost in the Valley averaging to a […]
