Let’s think beyond Engineering and Medicine

Medicine and Engineering have been the two prime career choices for a Kashmir. We never looked beyond the two subjects. The achievement of Dr. Faesal can ignite the minds of thousands of Kashmiris to join Civil services. I have seen so many talented students in Kashmir who think it is difficult to crack More

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Relax age

 Recently the Public Service Commission came out with a notification for Combined Services Examination. It is a welcome step that after a gap of two years the PSC has acted promptly and advertised the posts. Earlier it took almost five years for the recruitment agency to advertise new posts for More

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Mutual trust

This refers to the article “Hope again” by Zulfikar Majid (GK May 15) I agree with the writer that in a dialogue the aim is to accommodate each others’ views. Doing that can be fruitful. It also requires mutual trust between the two countries. If they continue to suspect each other, the outcome of all More

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Land conversion

The valley of Kashmir has been experiencing the most devastating and blind trend of converting agricultural land into business establishments, residential colonies and concrete jungles for the last two decades. This is the most alarming situation. As per reports the valley surfers from 44% deficit in More

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Politically conscious

On May 12, I read the news story wherein Hashim Qureshi has said that militancy has brought death and destruction to the Valley. I want to make it clear that it is the blood of martyrs that helped in highlighting the Kashmir issue. It wasn’t the hijacking of Ganga airplane. Hashim has claimed that neither More

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Kashmir dispute

In the last week of April the world community and over one and a half billion people of the region heaved a sigh of relief with the news that Indo-Pak dialogue is being resumed shortly. The strained relationship and enmity between India and Pakistan has been mainly due to Kashmir problem. Who created More

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Excellence matters

This refers to the column “Excellence counts (GK 9th May) by Ajaz-ul-Haque.  The writer has portrayed the true picture of Kashmiri youth like Dr. Faesal who has achieved the landmark success in the recent UPSC exams. I agree with the author when he says merit means merit. The meritorious lead everywhere More

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Fourth dirtiest

This is in response to Srinagar city being ranked as the 4th dirtiest city in India. The ranking is eye-opener for those who cast their vote the assembly and parliamentary elections in Kashmir. They believed that the election is solution to their daily problems, and linked it with development. But the More

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Dirty place

This refers to the news “Srinagar 4th dirtiest city” The SMC must feel ashamed of the rankings. They are spending millions of rupees on the sanitation, but it all goes down the drain. This is because on ground, the garbage continues to haunt people. Sayib NissaVB School More

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