Opinion
136 articles
Enduring Legacy of Mahatta Studio and Its Photographers
Septuagenarian photographer Ghulam Mohammad Sofi’s journey with Mahatta studio and capturing Kashmir’s history through his lens.
Bhagwat Puran of a Different Kind
How to denigrate India’s historic freedom struggle and humiliate the sacrifices of martyrs, and keep sermonising happily ever after.
Humra Quraishi kindled faith in humanity
A tribute to a passionate and dedicated columnist who stood by Kashmir Times through all odds
One Nation, One Election: Path to Unity or Undermining Democracy?
The concept of simultaneous elections has been under discussion since last year when a nine-member committee, led by former President Ram Nath Kovind, was taske...
On a sticky wicket
Kuldip Nayar WHEN the efficacy of the parliamentary system is doubted in a democratic polity, the finger may well be pointed at governance. The rulers make a me...
Government Storyteller..!
Robert Clements I was a little startled the other day to find that a friend of mine, a promising novelist and fiction writer had taken up a government job: "But...
Education at gunpoint
By Ramzy Baroud I recall the first sentence of my fifth grade essay on "Education and Youth". Written with the occasional aid of my father, and dotted with clic...
Arundhati Roy's errors and Interlocutors' Bloomers
By Sailendra Nath Ghosh Arundhati Roy and myself were on the same wavelength in stressing that the government's policy of allowing factories in fertile farmland...
Dance doctor with special moves for special children
By Hema Vijay The young girl loved dancing and singing; Kuchipudi, Bharatanatyam and Carnatic music lifted her soul. So when young Ambika was asked to help out ...
Rights in South Asia
I.A. Rehman WH E N E V E R activists get together to take stock of the situation of human rights in South Asia, they find little cheer other than in their own s...
Kashmir now or never - I
Badri Raina (Continued from Page 8) Abdullah in these years spoke repeatedly to his convictions. Arguing that the matter of accession could not be left to the w...
Not crushed, merely ignored
Tariq Ali A Kashmiri lawyer rang me last week in an agitated state. Had I heard about the latest tragedies in Kashmir? I had not. He was stunned. So was I when ...
Wanted, Brawny members
By Shyam Kaul The hallmark of politics in Jammu and Kashmir, with its proven positive, negative and volatile dimensions, is its dynamism. It never freezes and i...
Our Officialdom, pampered or hampered?
Prof. A.C. Bose We Indians have a strange mixed attitude toward government officials. By and large, we want to see our children and nephews as government offici...
The NPT at age forty
Michael Krepon As the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty approaches middle age, treaty supporters confront two paradoxes: while the utility of nuclear weapons for...
The strange cases of Mohammed Haneef and Iftikhar Gilani
By Jawed Naqvi In a TV interview last week India's National Security Adviser MK Narayanan claimed that Al Qaeda posed a really serious threat to the country. An...
Robert Clements
"....A year and a half ahead of completion and already 1,680ft tall, the skyscraper known as Burj Dubai in Dubai has become the world's tallest building." The I...