Ufa: Another Opportunity Lost
One thing is very clear. The statement issued by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif representing some kind of agreement at the Russian city of...
If Hurriyat leaders are ‘evil’, why did Advani meet them in 2004?
Getting agitated about the separatists meeting the Pakistani high commissioner is indeed comical. GOWHAR GEELANI On February 22, 1994, both houses of Parliament unanimously passed...
Why Hurriyat is the winner in India-Pakistan tug of war
The worst part is that both countries have chosen the beaten track of taking mutually exclusive positions. GOWHAR GEELANI External affair minister Sushma Swaraj, whose...
Virgin Valleys of Gurez
People in India have only one thing to tell me when I tell them that I am from Kashmir. They exclaim, “Oh, Paradise on earth”....
e-Curfew
Aug 15 or Jan 26 - Kashmiris have to face E-Curfew every year twice M ASHRAF Kashmiris have become quite familiar and used to the...
Getting Tourism Right in Kashmir
The obsession with tourism bordering on paranoia of some in Jammu and Kashmir needs to be put in a realistic perspective to get the economic...
Kashmir lost in Bollywood Masala
Bollywood directors should stop selling and romanticising this political laboratory Aamir Qayoom I could see some of the Kashmiri discussing the Bajrangi (film) twist while...
Why do Kashmiris Observe August 15th as Black Day?
The people of Jammu & Kashmir on both sides of the Cease-fire line and worldwide observed the 69th anniversary of India’s Independence Day as a...
Tackling the Technology Addiction
By Lalit Anjum “Technology is a queer thing. It brings you gifts with one hand, and stabs you in the back with the other.” ―...
Why Kashmir’s Lal Chowk is an eyewitness to wretched political history since 1947
The Ghanta Ghar located in the city centre is also a witness to a lot of bloodshed and violence for the past 26 years. Many...