The Forgotten Spies
Lured by a promising future and thrill to serve his country, a young taxi-driver from Jammu sneaked into Pakistan to snoop for Indian forces. But when he was caught and jailed for 11... Read more
The Forgotten Spies
Lured by a promising future and thrill to serve his country, a young taxi-driver from Jammu sneaked into Pakistan to snoop for Indian forces. But when he was caught and jailed for 11 years his ‘employers’ chose to forget him. ...
The Killing Entrepreneur
As counter-insurgency became the main priority of the government, it created its own stars. In the Chenab Valley, far away from Srinagar and Jammu, an asset would fetch “kills’ at every drop of a hat After he established his status ...
The Bypass Banking
For every Rs 100 that people in J&K deposit, the banks deploy more than Rs 63 outside the state, preventing the local resource to bring about the much required economic change. RBI as well as the state government failed to ...
Facing The Music
Gulzar Bhat left carpet weaving and opted for carving out a niche of his own from the surging ‘faith business’. In a society preoccupied with the devastating strife, Bhat created a cult that, police say, did many dirty things. As ...
Reforming Reactionaries!
In the din of ‘rehabilitation policies’, one vital process aimed at reforming the reactionary youth is an underreported effort. Bilal Handoo reports the success yielded by the movement that police have launched to undo the street unrest. Inside a dimly lit ...
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 ...Special Report
Divided We Stand
With a new political party launched, the vote-equation in already divided political landscape of Kashmir got jittered. Shah Abbas, talks to political analysts to understand the impact of new players… Read more
Editorial
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Resurgence?
While acknowledging the fact that many educated youth of valley are resorting to violence by taking to arms, chief minister, Omar Abdullah’s recent statement has created ripples among the thinking… Read more
- Political corruption
- Outrageous
Personality
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Personality
Lt Gen Gurmeet Singh There was a change of guards in 15 Chinar Corps stationed in Kashmir recently. Lt Gen Gurmeet Singh is the new General Officer Commanding (GOC). He… Read more
- Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
- Personality
News Makers
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News Makers
DIED: Three people including a 20 days old baby died and two others sustained injuries when a Maruti car met an accident at Drabshala, Kishtwar. Their car fell into a… Read more
- News Makers
- News Makers
Business
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Tourism Trials!
With another bumper season for Kashmir tourism in full swing, famous tourist places are already feeling the heat of tourist rush. Even when the twin health resorts of Pahalgam and… Read more
- iQuasar: Touching New Heights
- The Cherry Story
Society
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A Howling Headcount
The first part of the final census 2011 exhibits a low growth rate, an improved literacy level in otherwise militancy affected belts and a nosedive in working population of the… Read more
- The Mother’s Struggle
- A Writer’s Struggle
News Notes
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News Notes
Militancy SPURTS Encounters seem to have firmed their grip over valley once again. Recently one Lashkar-i-Toiba militant was gunned down and two policemen injured in a brief encounter in Niloora… Read more
- News Notes
- News Notes
Policy
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A Package Reloaded
Delhi’s incentive package for J&K industry was extended by five more years and part of the manufacturing sector is excited. But the secondary sector ‘cynics’ say the policy makers in… Read more
- Sugary Woes
- Administrative Apathy
Interview
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“Umar-Omar accord not impossible”
Hoping for Umar-Omar accord for the common good of masses, Ali Mohammad Sagar, minister for rural development and panchayati raj, maintains that the age-old animosity between followers of NC and… Read more
- “We don’t have second line in direction, writing and production”
- ‘Disunity is not in the nation’s interest’
Media
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Jinnah’s Kashmir Controversy II
In the concluding part of his response to the ragging controversy over Lord Mountbatten’s reported November 1, 1947 proposal for resolving Kashmir dispute, historian Ashiq Hussain Bhat asserts that if… Read more
- Preserving History
- Jinnah’s Kashmir Controversy (I)
OP-ED
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Go West,Young Kashmiri!
Wajahat Qazi I recently, had the opportunity to grade and mark the examination papers of job aspirants. I also had the good fortune of interviewing the candidates who were successful… Read more
- Hurriyat doves in policy trauma
- A New Beginning
Pulse
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Living Voices
Lovingly called by his friends as Kohinoor for his ability to mimic almost everything under the sky, Ghulam Mohidin Raina has mastered hundreds of voices that he can reproduce easily…. Read more
- Media Mughal!
- A Dream Realized
