When India contested her first general election in 1952, the grand-old party – Congress – and its educated leader Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru won the election […]
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Who is responsible for India’s Partition & Kashmir Imbroglio?
Political tendencies not only distort and ‘present the past’ to suit their political agenda; they can go to any extent to even lie about the […]
Srinagar the “SMART” Prison!
Sometime back there was talk of declaring some cities all over the country as “Smart” cities for proper development on modern lines. Srinagar was also […]
Padmaavat: An exercise in Islamophobia
Padmaavat—a Sanjay Leela Bhansali bollywood production has hardly anything that should have made Hindutva zealots run riot on streets. I got to see the movie […]
Peace in Kashmir would benefit all parties
A report submitted to the Indian Parliament last month blamed Pakistan for a large spike in the number of violations of the Kashmir cease-fire agreement […]
Maqbool Bhat – The Martyr, A Teacher, A Scholar & A Politician
Another 11th of February has come. A citizen of Kashmir, in whatever part of the world he is, remembers Maqbool Bhat, the martyr, on this day. This […]
Mental distress in Kashmir
As per the World Health Organisation (WHO), mental health is a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, we […]
Are Muslims to be blamed for Pandit Migration?
Muslims need to stop being apologetic for a crime which we didn’t commit The Kashmiri Pandit“trump” card is often employed not only by the right […]
Shawl making in Kashmir
The arts and crafts of Kashmir have enjoyed a well-earned fame for centuries. The pre-eminence of the decorative art can be attributed to historical conditions […]
Spring of Kashmir
The word spring comes from the German word springer, which refers to “leaping from the ground”. Without going much in scientific definitions, in simple terms […]