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”. […]
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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 […]
Article 35A is beyond challenge
Article 371A of the Constitution of India clearly says: “ Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, – ( a) no Act of Parliament in respect of […]
Qureshi has congratulates people of India, Pakistan on their day of freedom
‘If Kashmiris have to observe any day as black day that should be October 22 and October 27’ In view of August 14 (Pakistan’s Independence […]
Orphans of Conflict: Forgotten by Society and the State
DR MUDASIR FIRDOSI Kashmir valley had just one orphanage in 1986, now there are more than 700. An estimate by a UK based charity Save […]