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Dimming Eyes and 3-Years in Isolation, Imran Khan Broken but Unbent
As Pakistan's former Prime Minister marks nearly three years in prison, deteriorating health and allegations of a political vendetta are putting the establishme...
Pentagon to Hexagon: Peace has a Chance in this Multipolarity
How the weakening of American hegemony is paving the way for six delicate poles where the aspirations for peace, democracy, and a world without dominance are fi...
How India Constitutionalised Detention Without Trial
Many concerns were articulated in the Constitution Assembly debates, yet India clung to preventive detention laws in one form or another with the sanguine fores...
Kashmir’s Green Gold and Politics of Ownership
How a rising herbal economy could reshape identity, markets, and power in a contested region
Literature, Violence and the Conscience of the Writer
In an era when mass media increasingly amplifies voices of division and communal discord, this paper by Kashmir Times founder editor, Ved Bhasin, on his 97th bi...
Workers Cry for Justice!
NOIDA strikes expose broken promises of new Labour Codes as workers endure 12-hour shifts, meagre wages and police repression
If music be the food of peace…
How 'The Silver Songbirds of Bengaluru,' a senior citizens' choir led by a top-ranking retired diplomat, is crossing borders and boundaries, and building bridge...
How Indian Newspapers Got the Iran Story Backwards
Who Attacked Whom? The first casualty when war comes is truth, while the second casualty is how truth is narrated
Whose Kashmir, Whose Grief? Unfinished Songs and Inconvenient Truths
Blending fiction with history, the novel forces a difficult reckoning with Kashmir’s layered past, from acts of protection and coexistence to violence, displace...
How Frederick Drew Understood Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban
The middle mountains of Jammu, its rivers and landscapes shaped its society, culture and livelihoods
Funeral Across River: No Border Divides Like Kashmir’s Line of Control
A DAWN report from Muzaffarabad exposes a daily tragedy of separation, memory, and fading hope — and the urgent need to revive cross-LoC links
The Cage Outlived the Lion
Sheikh Abdullah promised ‘Naya Kashmir’ but left behind old chains of the template of control he perpetuated and built
Kashmir’s Power Crisis: Deficit By Design, Not Destiny
As demand rises, the real challenge lies not only in generating more power but in fixing losses and reclaiming control over local resources
Growing An Ecosystem For Smallholder Farmers in India
By bringing products of various FPOs and women self-help groups under a single umbrella, the Harvesting Farmer Network is helping grow their business
Amid SIR row, ‘Ram Rajya’ versus ‘Bengali-ness’, Bengal’s reckoning
SIR's flawed rollout in Bengal and mass deletions have deepened Bengali resentment and quietly strengthened TMC's hand going into a volatile election
The Silent Collapse of Shopian’s Farmers
With higher input costs, rampant use of pesticides and poorer yield, Kashmir’s apple bowl faces a debt trap
Fairness Should be the Principle in Education, Not Uniformity
A Case for Proportionate Infrastructure Adjusted Evaluation in Higher Education to address the gaps left by unequal opportunities
The Islamabad Accord: A Fragile but Real Moment for Asia
Unipolarity is dead, multilateralism is the only exit, and Asia must now prove it can manage difference without domination
Can Kashmir Build Global Brand On Its Own Terms?
Heritage crops like gucchi, trout and saffron offer Kashmir a chance to shift from volume to value—if it can build systems, control its value chains, and tell i...
A Fundamental Right but Rajouri’s Schools have No Toilets, Soaps or Pads
Menstrual rights are law, but the Rajouri snapshot reveals a broader pattern in the rural areas where implementation is weak, and schools are failing the girls