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Are 'Sainik Colonies' a ploy to settle RSS workers in Kashmir Valley?
“Idea of setting up safe zones and settling RSS workers in Kashmir Valley is haunting Kashmiris, who think that they will be pushed here and there in their own ...
Jamaat-e-Islami’s U-turn or Compulsions?
In the ongoing election process in Jammu and Kashmir, if a large section of the people shows anger against the mainstream political parties for staying silent a...
Women Voters in Jammu and Kashmir: A Forgotten Constituency?
As Jammu and Kashmir prepares for its first assembly elections in over a decade, there’s a clear focus on the usual themes of development, stability, and govern...
Political Chessboard of Kashmir: Role of Engineer Rashid in the Battle for Votes
The release of engineer Rashid on interim bail has once again brought the political intricacies in Jammu and Kashmir into the limelight. Engineer Rashid’s relea...
Remembering Sitaram Yechury
Sitaram Yechury, the general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and a former Rajya Sabha MP had the rare ability to break down complex politica...
Avoid augmenting superfluous supervision of Free Speech
“We cannot express our opinions because a law will soon regulate them.” This pessimistic line is whirling everywhere, especially among journalists, independent ...
Kashmir is on the Eve of an Election That Can Decide Its Future
SRINAGAR: Kashmir is on the eve of the most fateful election in its history. For this election will decide whether it will be able to retain its Kashmiriyat, it...
The NC and the Congress’ Hubris Has Put Them – and All of Kashmir – in a Risky Place
“The prospect of a return to popular rule has breathed new life into Kashmiri politics, but the decision by the Congress and the NC to leave out the PDP and the...
Rocking chair syndrome gripping the TB response?
Akin to a rocking chair that moves forwards and backwards without any real progress, we cannot assume busy TB programmes which may appear to have a lot of movem...
BJP’s Poll Manifesto for J&K: A Bunch of Papers With No Sincerity
“Instead of making fresh promises in its poll manifesto before Legislative Assembly elections, BJP could showcase what it has done during the past 10 years of i...
Communal poisoning on a daily basis by those in power is dangerous
Tell me how many more will get lynched, murdered, and slaughtered on the beef alibi! It is just too shocking and disgusting to see how the goon brigades are cal...
Emotional Pulse of Jammu and Kashmir's Political Arena
“The political and election space in Kashmir is not just about these major parties; new players possess an emotional appeal that can attract voters through vari...
J&K Assembly Elections 2024: Amidst sagging hopes, the Issues at Stake
Kashmiris no longer look forward to a miracle of sudden change in which people will be exalted and show capacities for wise self-government of which their previ...
Bulldozing of homes is a barbaric rejoinder to crime
How many more homes will get bulldozed in the country? How many more abodes will get ruined and demolished and destroyed? I think that bulldozing of homes is a...
Mirage of Fair Elections: Unraveling Kashmir's Electoral Dilemma
“The government has invested significantly in crafting a narrative that suits its agenda in Kashmir including distorting historical facts and discrediting legit...
Of Election Manifestos: Similarities, Uniqueness, Freebies, and Impracticalities
As a prelude to the elections to the Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly, the three regional political parties – National Conference (NC), People’s Democratic ...
Ladakh Redistricting Plan: Democratic Discussion Must to Combat Trust Deficit
THE August 26 tweet by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, announcing five new districts in Ladakh, had all the panache of grand declarations. It was a bolt from New...
In Memory of Late A.G. Noorani
A G Noorani was a walking encyclopaedia with a vast treasure trove of official documents. N. Ram, editor and owner of ‘The Hindu’ newspaper group, once said at ...
J&K Reorganization Act was a Political Fraud That Makes Elections Irrelevant
“The conspicuous absence of an elected legislature since June 2018 encapsulates a pervasive ethos where the articulation, contemplation, or engagement with poli...
Obituary
I cannot recollect the exact date. Probably, it was 1974 winter season. My brother-in-law, Shamim Ahmed Shamim, who was then a member of Parliament from the Sri...