Indian nationalists are quick to claim their intractable hold on Kashmiris; Pakistani nationalists are just as quick to claim to speak for Kashmiris. Kashmir, despite…
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Precursors to Christchurch
A weird form of lumpenism is making its way into nooks and crannies of the world. With bridges burnt and the ‘middle’ smothered to silence,…
View More Precursors to ChristchurchDoes it mean fiscal panic?
The ball has been set rolling for the world’s biggest election. About 900 million voters, will go to a million booths, to elect 545 members…
View More Does it mean fiscal panic?The `darkest day’
New Zealand Prime Minister was stately and firm in the hour of great tragedy that had visited her country when a white racist killed 49…
View More The `darkest day’Editorial | Roads and Drains
The most important part of a “Smart City” is its roads and drains. Roads allow one to move freely all over the city smoothly without…
View More Editorial | Roads and DrainsUneasy calm prevails in Valley
Hovering of jets over the skies in Kashmir has ended as the tensions between India and Pakistan have deescalated. Focus has shifted from war to…
View More Uneasy calm prevails in ValleyKids of Capitalism
It was something worth watching. In a cosy corner of the big library hall, dozens of kids were surrounding an old lady whose voice was…
View More Kids of CapitalismThe Mirwaiz Institution
Like Chris, a French writer and filmmaker, “What I’m passionate about is History; politics interests me only insofar as it is the cross-section of History…
View More The Mirwaiz InstitutionReason to worry
It was in the middle of the last century that the modern world, with its new political formations, was getting shaped up. That was the…
View More Reason to worryRTI@10
Jammu & Kashmir Right to Information Act 2009 (J&K RTI Act 2009) will complete 10 years of its enactment within a few days. I can’t…
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