Environmental Stonewalling

Ali exposes the bureacrat-politician-brick kiln mafi nexus in Budgam Budgam Sitting on Environmental Time Bomb? Syed Ali Safvi (Kashmir Times) Budgam: Central Kashmir’s Budgam district has also been dubbed as “Buthgam” (village of brick kilns) for its ubiquitous brick...

As Fresh Water Lakes Shrink, Kashmiris Stay Aloof

The Editorial in the Rising Kashmir says that while we are past the stage of restoring Dal to its past glory, but we must try to salvage as much of the lake as possible Salvaging Dal The pollution and gradual shrinking of Dal Lake has been a cause of concern for...

Shortcomings in the New Jobs Policy

Shafi conducts a disection of the new jobs policy announced by the State Government (Mr. Mohammad Shafi Ayaz, 47, was born in Anantnag, and continues to live in the same town. He studied in various state schools, colleges and universities. He has completed his MBA,...

Politics of Competitive Separatism

Fayyaz sees a disturbing trend in the evolving situation in Kashmir, and it is a lot more serious than denouncing the Facebook (Mr. Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, 48, was born in Bodina, Budgam, and received his primary and secondary education in Budgam and later at Amar Singh...

Time Will Tell

Firdous says that merely granting the MFN will not do, deatils will matter (Mr. Firdous Syed Baba, 44, was born in Bhaderwah, Doda, and had his schooling in Jammu. He is a weekly columnist for the Greater Kashmir and writes for the Daily News and Analysis (DNA),...

Srinagar the Great! Srinagar the Shame!

The “good news” about the growing city is tempered by the “ugly reality” discussed in the Greater Kashmir Editorial following the news item SRINAGAR RANKING IN 100 FASTEST GROWING CITIES TRIGGERS DEBATE Srinagar: At a time when Srinagar has...

The Sad State of Agrarian Economy in Kashmir

Shafi highlights a major reason for deepening divide between the rich and the poor in Kashmir (Mr. Mohammad Shafi Ayaz, 47, was born in Anantnag, and continues to live in the same town. He studied in various state schools, colleges and universities. He has completed...