The Lal Ded Hospital Experience

Ishfaq recalls a harrowing experience over a 15-day periodThey call it HOSPITALIshfaq AhmadI have just left a place where reason and health cannot remain unimpaired. I am sure I am in possession of my exact and circumstantial memory to compile this write-up, however....

If You Want Nationhood, You Better Preserve History

The editorial in the Greater Kashmir points to another reason why Kashmir is not ready yet. More than the government, it is indifferent public that should take most of the blamePreserve for PosterityThe report that the Kashmir Repository, located inside the Archives...

Doctors Point to Half Baked Drug Act

Doctors claim that the true villian is the State Legislature and Bureaucracy that only extended portions of the Indian Drug Act to the State. Yet another example of how the State uses the Article 370 to pass laws with loopholes that breed corruptionDoctors Hit Back at...

Women’s Day

As we approach the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day on 8th March, Nida reflects on the suffering that is taking its toll among the women in Kashmir, followed by a declaration by the “Women for Peace”(Ms. Nida Qayoom,23, was born in...

To Hosni Mubaraks, Ben Alis and Gaddafis in Kashmir

Junaid says that both separatist and mainstream politicians in Kashmir have enjoyed an atmosphere of mass impunity and lack of accountability by exploiting public (Mr. Junaid Azim Mattu, 25, was born in Srinagar. He partly completed his schooling at the Burn Hall...

Where the Jobs Are

Sajad proposes that young people should stop looking for sarkari jobs. This fact is borne by the Rangarajan Panel report, which recommends providing funds to create non-government jobs(Mr. Sajjad Bazaz, 45, was born in Srinagar. He attended the Khalsa high school and...