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The Fourth Pillar on Trial: Truth Can’t be Silenced
Censoring journalism is weakening democracy, but despite all the repressive measures that the press today deals with, the truth cannot be fully erased.
Multi-polarity in the Post-American World
The American era of unquestioned leadership is coming to an end. A fractured, multipolar world is emerging in its place, one that is not defined by a single sup...
COP30: Can Twin Warnings Wake Up a World Facing Triple Inequality Climate Crisis?
Two new global reports expose how extreme wealth inequality fuels the climate crisis and health risks—challenging COP30 to deliver fair finance and urgent actio...
IHPL Scam: Symptom of a Larger Malaise
The privately-run cricket league scam in Kashmir exposed a deeper crisis of credibility, oversight, and governance in Indian sport.
November 1947: Jammu’s Forgotten Genocide
While communal violence spread across the province, the massacres of Jammu were glaring for the state support that they received.
NYC Mayor Mamdani needs a crash course in reality (and humility)
Can Mamdani's Vision Survive the Harsh Realities of Governance?
Zohran Mamdani: A Muslim Name New York Now Knows How to Pronounce
From Delhi’s street children shelters to New York’s City Hall, Zohran Mamdani’s rise is a story of faith worn with pride, politics grounded in empathy, and a fa...
Autonomy For Whom And For What Purpose?
Six years after Jammu and Kashmir was bifurcated into two demoted union territories stripped of their autonomy, and as demands of constitutional protections and...
Zoona Dub: The lifeline of Kashmir in the 70s
An artist reflects on the memories of one of Kashmir’s longest radio drama, how it shaped public-government relations and her own life.
China Trade talks 2.0: Points to Ponder
Strategic Patience vs. Strategic Impatience: The Future of US-China Relations
Why is Francesca Orsini so Dangerous for the orthodox Worldview?
The clarity of the deported scholar’s work on Hindi literature threatens the narrow tunnel-visioned view of those in power.
Jammu’s Flood Fury Was Man-Made — Here’s the Shocking Evidence From Space
Google Earth images show that the embankments constructed as part of the Tawi River Front Development Project have shrunk the river’s width from 450 Meters to 2...
Public University Can’t be Used as a Political Stage
The CUJ's prioritisation of RSS centenary celebrations over urgent student welfare issues—including food poisoning, unsafe hostels, and deteriorating infrastruc...
Pheran: A Garment Intertwined with Identity, Resistance, and Migration
Not just a robe, it is a mobile home, a political statement, and a centuries-old chronicle of a people's soul that is being reimagined by a new generation.
Private Practice for Government Doctors: To Ban or not to Ban?
Based on a clear analysis of the probable winners and losers from the ban, the solution lies in structured reforms, not abrupt prohibition.
My Homecoming: The Baramulla I Left and I Rediscovered
From the sun that shines on the peaks to the Jhelum banks where children still play, the familiarity is broken by the transformation of the mounds that once gre...
Burzahom Revisited: Rediscovering 7,000 Years of Kashmir’s Indigenous Genius
Archaeology and genetics together reaffirm Kashmir’s indigenous cultural genesis born from its own soil, sustained by its own spirit.
Why the United Nations Still Matters?
As the world marks UN Day on Friday, there is a case to look at the relevance of the world’s only imperfect but indispensable bridge between power and principle...
Dear ASEAN Leaders: Trumpism Is Not A Temporary Phenomenon. Here’s Why?
Understanding Trumpism: A Lasting Movement Beyond Trump's Presidency
‘Has Another War Begun Between India and Pakistan?’
The forever looming threat and the tranquility that the word ‘war’ breaks define the fragility of Kashmir.