Bourgeois Tribal’s
With the inclusion of Pahari-speaking people (PSP) in the Scheduled Tribe (ST) list, the real issue that will now be debated is how the...
PAGD Cracks Visible
With JKNC insisting they will have no talks on any kind of seat sharing in Kashmir – where it retains all the three Lok...
Kashmir’s Maharani Controversy
Jammu and Kashmir’s erstwhile assembly, once termed to be most empowered, played host to a Bollywood crew shooting Maharani, a political thriller surrounding Lalu...
Article 370: The Verdict
Four years after political parties and concerned citizens flocked to the Supreme Court challenging the reading down of Article 370, and the bifurcation of...
Jammu and Kashmir: The Dynasts
Families have remained at the centre of politics in Jammu and Kashmir. Since 2014, this has emerged as the main critique of the institution...
High Altitude Verdict
In the interesting elections for the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Kargil, allies JKNC and Congress contested against each other and took 22...
Poll Perplexity
Within days after the pollster started working towards holding the local body polls later this year, credible reports suggest the exercise may not take...
Symbolic Battles?
As the Jammu and Kashmir administration is readying for panchayat and ULB polls this fall, the controversy has emerged from the high-altitude Kargil where...
Half A Decade
Jammu and Kashmir completed 1825 days (five years) without an elected government on June 19, 2023. With impressive tourist footfall, minimal militancy and not...
Kashmir’s New Parties
With the political permutations and combinations continuously at play in Jammu and Kashmir since the last assembly elections in 2014, the region has witnessed...
‘Fake’ Narratives?
With nearly 10000 employees comprising the migrant Kashmir Pandit Package employees and the reserved category SC employees on protest since May 2022, Lt Governor...
The Lease Row
Over the years, the successive governments skipped extending the lease of innumerable land parcels as a result of which hundreds of properties in hospitality...
In A Political Minefield
As the president of the grand old Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC), Dr Farooq Abdullah, 85, will encounter the unprecedented challenges of his...
Messy Corporation
With mud-slinging a routine and no-confidence motions hugely frequent, Srinagar, the Shehr-e-Kashmir, could be the collateral of the politicking within the SMC, reports Yawar Hussain
In...
Rediscovering Party Democracy
Often accused of promoting personal fiefs in politics, parties in Kashmir have started holding elections internally. With results mostly favouring the family members, the...