Yearly Archives: 2012
A Calendar of Scandals
It was a year of scandals and corruption cases involving sitting ministers and top bureaucrats in Jammu and Kashmir. The statusquo, however, prevailed. The state government, instead of showing that… Read more
A Void That Spells ‘New Year’
What are dates or time in generality for? Well, dates are mainly meant to establish a chronological documentation and considerable periodicity in human affairs. Otherwise, dates hold no relevance. Dates… Read more
Newsy Newsmakers
The year 2012 saw the addition of many new newspapers, expansions and major non-local media houses flying to Srinagar to set up a base. The tragic demise of one of… Read more
Addressing Lawless Laws
The state government which wastes no opportunity to empathize with the victims of conflict made every effort to maintain the statusquo when it comes to amending the ‘draconian’ legislations used… Read more
A Year of Excellences
It was a promising year for the state of Jammu and Kashmir with a good number of social workers, students, educationists, scientists, etc, making a mark by earning national and… Read more
Being The Change
An ordinary man from an ordinary village in south Kashmir used the RTI legislation to expose a criminal nexus between the corrupt politicians and influential businessmen, Shams Irfan reports As… Read more
Consistent Failure
The abject failure of the Omar Abdullah-led government in offering and ensuring a dignified life to the citizens of Jammu and Kashmir is a strong indication that nothing has changed… Read more
For A Greater Good
India and Pakistan cricket teams clashing in Bangalore after seven years, the relations between the two “bitter” neighbours are showing a discernible improvement. The sporting relations had also received a… Read more
Powerlessly Energetic Era
Rationing and frequent outages is order of the day in Kashmir valley but these do not define the energy futures J&K is limping towards, RS Gull reports. As They Said…… Read more
A New Media Evolves
The year 2012 saw evolution of mass media which constructively narrated the largely ignored stories of atrocities committed on common people in Kashmir conflict to a larger audience, Shams Irfan… Read more