Fida Firdous This year, the rush of tourists will increase due to the heat wave outside the valley. This month, we have seen more tourists coming to the valley, with the flow
Irshad Mushtaq Today, many children in Kashmir are spending too much time on mobile phones. They are getting comfort, entertainment, and easy habits, but they are not learning enough responsibility. This is a serious issue for every family.If a child
By Wajid Shamsul Hasan One morning in 2008 I received a call on my mobile from a desperate lady in London. She was a Sikh Yatree, one of the groups of 20
By Prem Shankar Jha When opportunity comes knocking, unbidden, to one’s door, a wise person does not let it slip away. India has done this twice in the past 70 years: First
By Seema Mustafa Till a couple of weeks ago, November 21 to be precise, it was business as usual in Jammu and Kashmir. Shut downs, clamp downs, civilian deaths, encounters, militants killed,
By Prakash Karat In the course of the assembly elections in five states, the CPI (M) was offered donation through electoral bonds in one of the states. The party did not accept
By Kanak Mani Dixit For a flickering moment in the last week of November, it seemed as if Congress provocateur and Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu might set the geopolitical agenda, when
By Manini Chatterjee Navjot Singh Sidhu has worn many hats. All of them, much like his turbans, have been bold, colourful and flamboyant. Few individuals in India have been quite as successful
By Huzaima Bukhari “The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection” — Michelangelo Although the biological needs of humans reduce them to the level of animals, there
By Shiv Visvanathan The other day, I heard a piece of song, muttered like an irreverent doggerel, with a lovely beat. It was edgy, irreverent, but it captured a whiff of the
By Dr. Shahid Amin Where we are heading towards, is a great concern now. Every day is a Hartal day and it becomes a dark day for many families in Kashmir. But
By Abid Ahmad Shah The end of the British rule paved way for the freedom of the masses at the time of independence. However, it was at the cost of the economic
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