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Kashmir, the Panopticon, and the Republic’s Unfinished Promise
Security concerns are valid but can it become the sole grammar of governance?
Iran in Kashmiri Imagination: From Sufi Verse to Folk Memory
Iran breathed its soul into Kashmir through Sufi saints, weaving Persian and its timeless love legends into Kashmiri ideas, language, and its poetry
Early Intervention & Inclusion for Special Needs Children in J&K a Distant Dream
Action for Children with Autism Must Begin with Acceptance and go Beyond Awareness
India: Vanishing Voters in the Electoral Rolls
Large-scale deletions in electoral lists raise questions about process, fairness, and the future of inclusive democracy
Paharis of Chenab Valley Meet the Lokur Committee Criteria
An ethnological and statistical case for Scheduled Tribe recognition in erstwhile Doda
Flyovers Won't Fix Srinagar's Traffic, Better Public Transport Will
Lessons to be learnt from Seoul, which tore down its flyover and revived the city’s aesthetics, lungs and identity
When War Reshapes Order: Power, Conflict and a Fragmenting World
As the US-Israel-Iran conflict rages, a global realignment is certain but it’s difficult to fathom the shape of the world that comes after this
Illusion of Protection: Kashmir’s Land Debate Misses Real Question
Proposed lease restrictions do not restore safeguards, but reshape perception within a fundamentally altered framework
When Impunity Becomes Norm
Ganderbal encounter reflects a deeper crisis where allegations, unanswered questions, and unaccountable power continue to define life in the valley
Recasting the Kumbh Mela: Expansion, Sacred Geography, and Kashmir’s Distinct Tradition
Kashmir's sacred geography evolved along its own distinct axis, absorbing it into the Kumbh framework risks erasing a parallel tradition that was never part of ...
Pakistan's High-Wire Act: The Unlikely Mediator in the Iran War
As Washington and Tehran circle each other with daggers drawn, Islamabad has unexpectedly seized the role of global peacemaker. But with a dreaded insurgency in...
Will There be Elections or a March in PaJK?
By refusing to abide by the October agreement with JAAC, Islamabad risks turning the electoral fervour into a battlefield of confrontation
From Skills to Survival: Rethinking Kashmir’s Economic Future
Why resilience, not rhetoric, must anchor the region’s next phase of economic thinking
A Toxic Tango Of Rising Heat and Air Pollution
There is a dangerous synergy between rising mercury and pollutants like ground-level ozone, which is triggering a silent public health crisis
The Chief Minister and his Nostradamus
Whether or not his party’s chief whip really had mystical premonition powers is immaterial; what matters is how Omar Abdullah now understands the ground beneath...
Blood for oil: From Gaza to Iran, the western war that is burning West Asia
The conflict between Iran, Israel and the United States spans decades, rooted in revolution, nuclear tensions, and regional rivalry. Evolving through proxy wars...
Kashmir’s Hydropower Paradox: Power Rich, People Poor
Despite generating thousands of megawatts, Jammu and Kashmir remains energy-deficient, exposing a deeper crisis of control, equity, and political economy
Trump's Hormuz crisis is the Hellespont Moment
While US President’s vain ego lies in tatters as the world bears the consequences of disrupted supplies, India’s silence signals timidity
Mapping Kashmir in India, Pakistan tangle
‘Prisoners of Geography’ is an intriguing sketch of ten global maps whose mountains, rivers and plains are the movers and shakers of the conflicts they are caug...
Turning to Lal Ded as the Doctrine of Control is Unmasked
America’s ‘rules-based order’ was a shield for the corporate; it can be brought down by pulling a single thread