Rangarajan’s Mission II

Can the latest initiative help create jobs in Kashmir?

Date LINE By Arjimand Hussain Talib

Dr C Rangarajan - one of India’s respected economists - is back to Kashmir on his Mission II. He was here in 2006 as well, as part of the Prime Minister’s five panels to recommend economic rejuvenation in Kashmir. His Mission I of 2006 is history. So seems the 61—page report he had submitted then More

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Of Bellbottoms and Hipsters

Recollecting those good old days of craze for fashion

Nostalgia By ZGM

I have no idea how my father looked like in his teens. How he dressed. I have no idea about his   hairstyle.  There were stories in the family that my father during his teenybopper days was a trendy.  But in my childhood despite my best efforts   I could not make out More

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The mystifying Muse

My Muse reprimands; it hauls over the coals

Freeze FRAME By Syeda Afshana

Ghalib is easily and quickly reached. Why not! For he is among the very few who provide replies to many disquieting queries. His Deewaan usually lies around the corner. His Dil Hi Tow Hai Na Sang-o-Khisht is my favorite. And if it is blended with Jagjit’s dulcet voice, then there is no darling.
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Million dollar question

It looks, feels and smells real

WHATS UP BY SAJAD BAZAZ

 The day before yesterday I received a unique inquiry through email from one of the readers. ‘What’s the modus operandi of exchanging a one million US dollar currency note? I have one that’s why I want to know about it.’This is what the sender has stated. This query reminded me of a nocturnal More

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