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... Read more
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 ...
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. ...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
-
For Future Sake
It is good to see judiciary take stand against illegal conversion of agriculture land into commercial property. In a place like Kashmir where per hectare yield has gone down considerably… Read more
- Improve Jails
- Missing Accountability
Personality
-
Personality
Tara Chand The erstwhile State Assembly Speaker and present deputy chief minister of J&K, Tara Chand, became a high profile inquiry case for the state’s anti-graft body State Accountability Commission… Read more
- Personality
- Mani Shankar Aiyer
News Makers
-
News Makers
ENGAGED The state government is likely to sign a MoU with Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS) as a consultant for preparation of a comprehensive Disaster Management Plan for Jammu… Read more
- News Makers
- News Makers
Sub Regional
-
Writing For The Divided People
Pushed to the sidelines, the history of the erstwhile principality of Poonch has been largely ignored in understanding the Kashmir conflict. While the region has witnessed many demographic upheavals, a… Read more
- Palhallan Potters
- The Karakoram Trade
Feature
-
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
-
A Writer’s Struggle
At the peak of 2010 unrest in Kashmir valley, Ess Ahmad Peerzada decided to compile a book to tell the story of victims through the eyes of their families. His… Read more
- The Mule Discourse
- Playing With Future
Sports
-
Losing Track
From last thirteen years, Kashmir has produced cyclists of national and international repute but the apathy of J&K’s State Sports Council and lack of infrastructure has forced many to opt… Read more
- Shining Swords
- For love of the Game
Politics
-
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
-
News Notes
Sheltering ORPHANS JAMMU and Kashmir Yateem Foundation (JKYF) last week dedicated an orphanage, Bait-ul-Hilal to the people of South Kashmir at Chawalgam village in Kulgam. The orphanage is the first… Read more
- News Notes
- News Notes
The Straight Curve
-
Venom
Arshid Malik Each time I feel your bite (the burning) It fills me with suffering and plight (the fading) I’ve crawled for days to make this stop (the selflessness) Now… Read more
- Cyber-Shopping Menace
- The Pedagogy of Oppression
Interview
-
“I had tightened the noose around some people in the health department who are now trying to settle their scores”
Caught in the controversy surrounding the purchase of spurious drugs supplied to various government hospitals in the state and blamed by his Congress colleague for his role in the scam,… Read more
- “With India, there will be a dignified coexistence”
- “Barter trade takes place with Chinese in Ladakh. It is a fact”
History
-
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
-
Historic Elections
Dr Sheikh Showkat Hussian The recent Pakistani election remains historic in several ways. It was for the first time that a smooth transfer of power from one civilian government to… Read more
- A City Vandalized
- Dubious Politics
Pulse
-
Against All Odds
Despite facing many setbacks at the initial stages of her career, Fariqa Nazir’s passion for law didn’t fade out. Her career achieved new heights last month when she cracked J&K… Read more
- Downtown’s New Star
- Living his Teachers’ Dream
Quote
-
Quote of the week
“I may not be from the valley but I can feel the pain of its people and will try my best to raise the sufferings of Kashmiri youth in the… Read more
- Qoute of the week
- QUOTE
