OTHER VIEW
The great game in West Asia
By: Mohammed Ayoob Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder has clearly exposed the brutal nature of the Saudi Arabian regime....
Pandit Nehru vs Sardar Patel
By: MOHAN GURUSWAMY Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the giant Sardar Patel statue facing the Narmada Dam, 3.2 km...
Why aren’t we calling the Pittsburgh shooting ‘terrorism’?
By: Khaled A Beydoun A white gunman walks into a synagogue outside of Pittsburgh and guns down 11 congregants after...
The Other Side of ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’
By: Mukhtar Ahmad Farooqi Even though Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has been successful in changing attitudes, mindsets and behaviours of people towards...
Who will speak truth to unfreedom?
BY: Neera Chandhoke It is time to re-read the politically charged play, The House of Bernarda Alba, (1936) by Federico...
Things fall apart; the Centre cannot hold
There is an old saying ‘Misfortunes don’t come singly’. It seems that the gods are not smiling on the Indian...
Banning books
BOOK banning is akin to book burning, emblematic of Hitler’s Germany. It assumes various forms — ban under the Customs...
DARBAR MOVE MOWS US DURING WINTERS
By: Mushtaq Hurra Jammu and Kashmir is the most unique state of Indian domain with a prominent position. Here, I...
DDC Shopian reviews power scenario in district
SHOPIAN, NOV 15: District Development Commissioner (DDC) Shopian Dr. Owais Ahmed today convened a meeting of PDD officers at here at mini secretariat...
Driven by notions of purity and impurity
By: Brinda Karat While heated debates and discussions were expected after the Supreme Court’s Sabarimala judgment, what is unusual is...