Three Young Journalists Awarded Fulbright Fellowship

In spite of it all there are nice flowers blooming among weeds  Three Kashmiris Scribes Bag Fulbright Fellowship Reyaz Ahmed (Kashmir Monitor) Baramulla: Three young Kashmiri journalists, including two women, have been awarded the prestigious Fulbright Master’s...

Kashmir University Shows The Way

What else would you expect from the State ranked among the most corrupt Kashmir University Buys ‘A’Ranking Srinagar: Kashmir University officials say the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) minutely scrutinises nearly a thousand parameters before it...

Infrastructure Deficiencies Take Toll on Mental Health

Substance abuse runs rampant in Kashmir Drug Addicts in Kashmir in Lakhs, Treatment Insufficient Bismah Malik (Kashmir Times) Srinagar: The serious threat of drug addiction which according to Kashmir’s renowned sociologist Dr. B.A Dabla might consume the next...

Panchayat Raj in Name Only

Rekha says that the conceptualization of Panchayati Raj institutions in J&K neither properly follows the criterion of democratic governance, nor that of extension of federal structures (Prof. Rekha Chowdhary, 57, was born in Jammu and has been a university teacher...

A Native’s Agony

Fayyaz and his fellow residents of Budgam have thoughts of Azadi – but it is the day to day Azadi they have in mind (Mr. Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, 49, was born in Bodina, Budgam, and received his primary and secondary education in Budgam and later at Amar Singh College,...

Quality Health Care for Masses

Javid has his finger on location woes for building new medical facilities, whereas the real issue is whether quality health care is possible for ordinary Kashmiris in a culture that has given us Lal Ded and GMC Hospitals (Dr. Javid Iqbal, 65, was born in Srinagar. He...