The Kot Bhalwal Keepsaker
As India and Pakistan debate security in jails after the murder of Sarabjit Singh and Sanaullah Ranjay, Shams Irfan meets some of the families of five detainees who were killed by ITBP... Read more
The Kot Bhalwal Keepsaker
As India and Pakistan debate security in jails after the murder of Sarabjit Singh and Sanaullah Ranjay, Shams Irfan meets some of the families of five detainees who were killed by ITBP inside Kot Bhalwal jail at the peak of ...
A Silent Takeover
J&K’s school education bill is going through the roof: Rs 2940 crore in 2012-13 to Rs 3238 crore next fiscal. For 12 classes, there are 23454 institutions that 127033 teachers run. But more than one-third students prefer 4719 private schools. ...
The Silken Story
From fifteen lakh kilograms of cocoons produced in 1940 to just three lakh kilograms in 2012, the once profitable silk industry is struggling to keep pace with the modern times. Shams Irfan meets the stakeholders in valley to trace the ...
Coalition at Crossroads
Rahul Gandhi and Omar Abdullah have been swearing by the relationship that the two political dynasties have had for generations in Jammu and Kashmir. While National Conference and Congress have fundamentally dominated J&K’s recent history, they discover their ‘distinct’ identities ...
Missing Identity
Abandoned by their families and stigmatized by the community, the members of third gender in Kashmir are battling for their survival in an unjust society. Junaid Nabi Bazaz meets some of the victims to understand what it takes to be ...
Tempted Temporality
J&K has four Hindu Shrine Boards. Amidst fierce resistance to the idea of internal management and utilization of resources owned by temples in Kashmir estimated to be worth Rs 10000 crore, another board is in the offing. Fighting for the ...
Picniconomics
Tourism is cash and has instant trickledown effect on any economy. While the contribution of hospitality sector to the state’s overall economy is slightly exaggerated for political reasons, the government seems reluctant to address the issues primary stakeholders have flagged, ...
A New Stone Age
As sections of youth try to standardize stone pelting as the new mode of communication, law enforcing agencies slide in the old era to rediscover the utility of catapults, hunter guns and pepper. Wasim Khalid and Sameer Yasir visited the ...
Back to Basics
Ignoring the spate of curfews and strikes, an apparent repercussion of Afzal Guru’s hanging, the Fidayeen attack in Bemina is being used to blunt any debate on AFSPA revocation or the idea to offer space to dissenting voices in Kashmir. ...
On The Edge
Events starting with the execution of Afzal Guru have led Kashmir to a situation in which it is either a call for a protest strike or a curfew. Business and education apart, it has started impacting sections of the students ...Special Report
Formalizing Business
In wake of the crisis over the quality of medicines that government purchases for its hospitals in Kashmir, Omar Abdullah government revived Congress’s plan of creating a new corporation for… Read more
Editorial
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Improve Jails
The latest on the India-Pakistan front is Sarabjit Singh versus Sanaullah Ranjay. Singh was a RAW agent who was on death row in Pakistan’s notorious Kot Lakhpat jail. Ranjay was… Read more
- Missing Accountability
- Darbar Debate
Personality
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Personality
Sanaullah Haq The bagpiper of Jammu’s Kot Bhalwal jail succumbed on Thursday to severe injuries inflicted by a pickaxe by his fellow inmate. Sanaullah Haq, 52, a Pakistani prisoner died… Read more
- Mani Shankar Aiyer
- Anil Goswami
News Makers
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News Makers
DISALLOWED: The Uttar Pradesh government has denied permission to J&K police to setup a police station in their state for facilitating the return of former militants from Pakistan.via Nepal border,… Read more
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- News Makers
Sub Regional
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Palhallan Potters
Although the art of making bakers’ kilns is on the decline across Kashmir valley, a group of families in north Kashmir’s Palhallan village who have been associated with the trade… Read more
- The Karakoram Trade
- Stone Artist
Feature
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The Saga of Salaam Peer
An administrator under Dogra regime, Salaam Peer’s actions at the time of ‘the great famine’ in Kashmir is still counted as one of his noblest achievements. His gradual fall from… Read more
- The Shrine Factor
- Resilience in Lolab
Society
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The Mule Discourse
Although cow slaughter was an offence punishable by death before the fall of autocracy, author and historian Khalid Bashir Ahmad offers rare insights into the evolution of movement for animal… Read more
- Playing With Future
- A Samaritan in Narwara
Sports
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Shining Swords
Of all the games played, none has brought Jammu and Kashmir state so many laurels as Thang-Ta, a traditional Manipuri games of swords popular in many countries across the globe…. Read more
- For love of the Game
- Shining in Germany
Politics
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An Extreme Drive
From his public endorsement of separatist leaders in Kashmir valley to his unflinching admiration for Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, an Islamabad-based youth who is now acting as deputy of… Read more
- Congress’s ‘Omar Group’ Headache
- A Distant Dream
News Notes
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News Notes
Omar’s DARBAR Omar is back in valley this week with his cabinet as a part of century-old practice of shifting government offices between two capitals of Jammu and Kashmir. Amidst… Read more
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The Straight Curve
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Cyber-Shopping Menace
Arshid Malik Another menace has joined hands with my ill-fate to rob my hard earned money – online ordering portals. This is only a few weeks from the last column… Read more
- The Pedagogy of Oppression
- Calorie Counter
Interview
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“With India, there will be a dignified coexistence”
Peoples Conference Chairman Sajad Lone tells Junaid Nabi Bazaz that his party will enter into the J&K legislature after 2014 Assembly Elections and that the time of resolving Kashmir with… Read more
- “Barter trade takes place with Chinese in Ladakh. It is a fact”
- “Without Congress there will be no government in Jammu and Kashmir state”
History
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Broken Empire
At the peak of its mortal existence, British Empire evoked awe among its colonies which consisted of almost one-fifth of the world’s population. However, the British Residency in Kashmir was… Read more
- The Dragon Myths
- Playing Spoilsport
OP-ED
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A City Vandalized
Saleem Beg Day in and day out, we are being treated to superlatives about the city of Srinagar as Shehri-Khas, historic city, ancient centre of culture, arts and crafts from… Read more
- Dubious Politics
- Return Afzal’s Body
Pulse
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Downtown’s New Star
Born and brought up in a family with good educational background and shielded from the violence in Kashmir, a youth from Srinagar’s old city has made it to the list… Read more
- Living his Teachers’ Dream
- Aspiring to Inspire
Quote
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Qoute of the week
Police have to change its attitudinal behaviors while dealing with general public by good manners, humility, polite and firm behavior Abdul Ghani Mir, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir… Read more
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