Riverboat Cruises Along Jhelum

Tourist Department hopes to revive yester-year’s “Dunga” ride, while the city ponders to add some traffic lights – the only major city in the world with no functional traffic lights (two stories from the Greater Kashmir) Jhelum River Dunga...

Receipe for Disaster

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) pulls J&K for things that have been pointed for years and continue to dominate Kashmiri work ethic: financial mismanagement, non-adherence to rules, lack of planning and lack of oversightCAG pulls up J-K social...

Valley Pandits Challenge J&K Government Data

Sanjay demolishes J&K Government’s credibility in providing wrong (less harsh) data pertaining to his community as a result of militant activity in Kashmir. The Press Note and the related news story are reproduced below.(Mr. Sanjay K. Tickoo, 47, was born...

Exposing the Underbelly of Kashmir’s Sordid Politics

Fayyaz wonders what happened to all the rage that took so many innocent lives. Unfortunately, selective condemnation of rape and murder has become bane of J&K politics (Mr. Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, 48, was born in Bodina, Budgam, and received his primary and secondary...

Is Migration a Blessing or a Loss?

Arjimand suggests returning natives bring good work ethic and worldly wisdom, but can they readjust in a dysfunctional society?(Mr. Arjimand Hussain Talib, 34, is a columnist/writer and a development professional who matriculated from Tyndale Biscoe Memorial School in...