The Serious Business of Dog Biting

Mujeeb tackles a very serious issue in Kashmir, especially Srinagar, where dog biting cases are approaching a world record. (Dr. Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Fazili, 51, was born in Srinagar. He received his Bachelor’s degree in veterinary and animal husbandry from the...

Life in the Excess

Arjimand, finds a “phoren angle” which even the “master of foreign connections” (ZGM) may acknowledge as being very creative (Mr. Arjimand Hussain Talib, 34, was born in Srinagar. He is a columnist/writer and a development professional who...

“We Need a Dictator, Not a Gandhian”

Fayyaz and Junaid, both writing in the Early Times, narrate tales of high corruption in a state where corruption is seen as an entitlement. No wonder Anna’s movement is not creating even a minor ripple in the valley (Mr. Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, 48, was born in Bodina,...

A Historical Pathway

At one time, some 40 years back, it was Srinagar’s Carnaby Street Lambert Lane Sana Altaf (Kashmir Times) Lined up with series of shops and business outlets, Lambert Lane at Residency Road has grown up as a favorite hound of shoppers. However the name of the few...

Tales of Travesty

Kashmir suffers a hangover from an overdoze of cocktail laced with indisciple, poor ethics, greed and corruption. All seven (7) investigative stories below cropped up within a period of just 3 days. Following those reports is a related editorial and a letter in the...

Return of the Native

Veeresh shares his experience (Mr. Veeresh Saraf, 25, was born in Srinagar. He attended Kendriya Vidyalaya in Bantalab, Jammu, and completed his professional degree, AMIE, through the Institution of Engineers, Kolkata. He is employed as an electronics engineer.)...

Charisma The Great

Abdul makes another attempt to define leadership knowing the yardstick of measure in the valley is dismally low (Dr. Abdul Ahad, 63, was born in Srinagar. He attended the Tyndale Biscoe Mission School in Fateh Kadal and the Multipurpose Higher Secondary School,...

The New Killing machines

Arjimand describes the pathetic condition of roads in the valley (Mr. Arjimand Hussain Talib, 34, was born in Srinagar. He is a columnist/writer and a development professional who matriculated from Tyndale Biscoe Memorial School in 1991. He subsequently graduated with...

Permanently Temporary?

Iqbal addresses conflicting parameters of the strike by contractual college teachers which is by no means over, even though public demonstrations have ended (Dr. Javid Iqbal, 64, was born in Srinagar. He attended the D.A.V. School, Srinagar, and graduated in Medicine...

“I am a Dreamer”

Nida returns briefly from Dubai to her hometown (Srinagar) and makes a statement with poetic grace and eloquence (Ms. Nida Rafiq Shiekh, 24, was born in Srinagar. She passed her Matriculation from the Presentation Convent High School and completed her 12th grade from...