Male Hegemony

Balraj examines the the Bill that NC-PDP sneaked into the State assembly as a Private Member Bill bypassing the ruling coalition(Mr. Balraj Puri, 80, was born in Jammu city and attended the Ranbir High School and the Prince of Wales College in Jammu. He is a...

Hartal Culture, Hartal Misery

Firdaus points his finger at one segment of the “pampered society,” forgetting that it was separatists who initially unleashed the hartal virus that has infected everybody in Kashmir(Mr. Firdous Syed, 44, was born in Bhaderwah, Doda, and had his schooling...

Is Kashmir Heading to Civil War?

Fayyaz sees Kashmir caught between uninspiring leaders each with an axe to grind(Mr. Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, 48, was born in Bodina, Budgam, and received his primary and secondary education in Budgam and later at Amar Singh College, Srinagar. He completed his Master’s...

Going Native With the Bloom

Iqbal requests Kashmiris not to overlook indigenous plants(Mr. Iqbal Ahmad, 48, was born in Parigam Chek, Kulgam. He is a graduate with Diploma in Numismatics, Archaeology and Heritage. He is an archaeologist, writer, and a cultural historian. He is employed by the...

Reinforcing Heritage and Culture

Vijay Dhar takes a path-breaking initiativeDPS Starts Teaching KashmiriHakeem Irfan (Rising Kashmir)Srinagar: In a step to promote Kashmiri language, Delhi Public School (DPS)-Srinagar became the first CBSE School in the State to start teaching Kashmiri language.The...

When the Fox Guards The Hen House

Ranbir Singh questions morality and ethics of “public servants” who have become “public damaads”(Mr. Ranbir Singh Pathania, 30, was born in born in Jammu city. He did his early schooling from the J.S. Luthra Academy and the S.R.M.L. Higher...