We Lack the Courage of Conviction

Afshana highlights a weakness that has taken its toll(Ms. Syeda Afshana, 35, was born in Srinagar. She attended the Vishwa Bharti High School in Rainawari, Srinagar, and the Government Women’s College in Srinagar where she received a B.Sc. degree. She completed...

Overhauling the Pathetic Education System in Kashmir

Sajjad suggests the obvious(Mr. Sajjad Bazaz, 45, was born in Srinagar. He attended the Khalsa high school and the Sri Pratap College in Srinagar. He received his bachelor’s degree in Media and his master’s degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from...

Putting Community Interests Above Personal Politics

Tanvir seems to have momentarily lost his senses to suggest even for a moment that Kashmiris can rise above petty politics(Mr. Tanvir Sadiq, 31, was born in Srinagar and attended the Burn Hall School. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in Information technology...

Uneducational Experience

Riyaz says that the education system is rotting and the rotten eggs cannot be hatched(Mr. Riyaz Masroor, 37, was born and raised in Srinagar. He is a Srinagar based journalist who writes in English, Urdu and kashmiri. Besides working in the local press, his articles...

Srinagar in Decay

An objective report in the Kashmir Observer unfolds an inconvenient truthSrinagar In DecayThe trouble with traveling the sanitized route from Gupkar Road to the secretariat via the Boulevard every day is that one begins to harbour notions about the rest of the city...