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Poonch Incident Has Dangerously Opened The Wounds Of The Past
Has the battleground of militancy shifted from the Kashmir valley to the border districts of Poonch and Rajouri? To answer that question, one may have to grappl...
Ram Mandir Inauguration Reflects the Changing Nature of Indian State
Syed Ali Mujtaba* At a time when the leaders of the Indian National Congress are in Dharam Chintan deciding to take part or not to take part in the inaugural ce...
As Tensions In Pir Panjal Rise, Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Peace Need To Be Explored
Raja Muzaffar* The Kashmir conflict, which is often misunderstood as a territorial dispute, is a complex issue rooted in the Kashmiri people’s quest for indepen...
Online scams: Unemployment is a major cause
Dr Hilal Ahmad Bhat* Kashmir is grappling with a growing menace – rising unemployment. As economic opportunities shrink, a concerning trend has emerged as incre...
Bharat 2024 – emergence of a bold new India
Bill K Koul* Those who believe India is turning into a dictatorship may be wrong, as India may actually be transitioning into a modern monarchy. An eye-raising ...
Martyrdom in Bafliaz 20 years ago……. and now
By Ali Ahmed* Amit Sharma was always the life of the party. His sense of timing was so perfect that any gathering in the officers’ mess was continually in split...
Did Supreme Court Of India Behave Like Its Counterpart In Pakistan? Part-III
Justice (retd.) Manzoor Gilani, Muzaffarabad* From the outset, Article 370 was asymmetrical in the federal structure to the extent of three subjects and those a...
What the Supreme Court’s Article 370 Verdict Means to Me?
Radha Kumar* As one of the petitioners in the Article 370 hearings in the Supreme Court, I began by being hopeful in 2019. The way in which the union administra...
Did Supreme Court of India behave like its counterpart in Pakistan? Part-II
Justice (retd.) Manzoor Gilani, Muzaffarabad AJK* The unanimous judgement of the Indian Supreme Court on Article 370 is outrageous because it justifies without ...
Article 370: Did Supreme Court of India, behave like its counterpart in Pakistan? Part-I
Justice (r) Manzoor Gilani, Muzaffarabad AJK* The Supreme Court of India behaved like the Supreme Court of Pakistan in accepting the supremacy of the central go...
Gaza: The Bombed and the Bombers
Gwynne Dyer* Today (or yesterday, or tomorrow), the known death toll of Palestinians in Gaza since October 7th will reach 20,000. The deaths of Hamas fighters a...
Article 370 Judgement: Another Step In The Wrong Direction
Altaf Hussain Wani* A five-judge bench of the Indian Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, has finally delivered the much-awaited judgement af...
The Supreme Court’s Betrayal Of The Promise Made To Kashmir
The ruling on Article 370 cements the Centre’s 2019 reorganisation of Jammu and Kashmir, raising fears over eroding constitutional safeguards, statehood, and th...
For The BJP, J&K Is A Laboratory
Supreme Court's Article 370 Verdict: A Threat to India's Federal Structure?
Empowering Kashmir through Sports: A Crucial Weapon Against Drug Abuse
From playgrounds to prospects: Using games, unity and mental well-being to build a drug-free Kashmir
Mahua’s expulsion is a symptom of Indian democracy drifting towards chaos
Syed Ali Mujtaba* Finally, Mahua Moitra, the TMC MP is expelled from the Lok Sabha. This was on the expected lines. One pity is the BJP government’s arrogance i...
Human Rights: Accountability Mechanisms Need To Be Strengthened
By Altaf Hussain Wani* “Despite its international commitments to respect and protect basic human rights, the Indian state has stifled dissenting voices, curtail...
Are online spaces safe for women?
SHOBHA SHUKLA In today’s world many human interactions are taking place in the online spaces. As the internet and mobile technologies, as well as social media s...
When they dismantled J&K: Some reminiscences
Article 370 revoked, Jammu and Kashmir is divided into two union territories, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced in the Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of Par...
Myanmar’s Instability Deepens as the World Watches Silently
By John P. Ruehl* Myanmar’s stability has eroded significantly since the 2021 military coup. But the coordinated attack by multiple separatist and pro-democracy...