VANDALISING CHINARS IN KASHMIR

THE AUTHORITIES UNDER THE LAW ARE DUTY BOUND TO PROTECT THESE CHINARS AND OTHER SUCH SPECIFIED TREES UNDER THE J & K PRESERVATION OF SPECIFIC TREES ACT OF 1967, S.36 OF THE LAND REVENUE ACT AND CHINAR RULES

ECO-TRADITION By J. H. Reshi

Three to four centuries back Chinars were brought to Kashmir by Mughal Emperors. They visited Kashmir during summers to escape the scorching Indian heat. Well known Chinar sanctuaries at Badsha-Bagh, Bijbehara and Nasim Bagh, Hazratbal are towering examples of the love they had developed over the More

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Crisis and Chronicity

ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CONTINUOUS CONFLICT AND DECLINE BY HENRIK VIGH

JOURNAL REVIEW By Muhammad Tahir

There is a general idea about crisis as something that is aberrant, an unusual phenomenon, or “a momentary malformation in the flow of things”. However, for those who are under constant suppression or those for whom there is nothing like an order of peace and welfare, crisis is chronic. For such marginalized More

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SCIENTISTS SLIM HUNT FOR THE ‘GOD’ PARTICLE

GENEVO - The Associated Press

Scientists hunting for an elusive sub-atomic particle say they have found “intriguing hints” that it exists, narrowing down the search for what is popularly known as the “God” particle. The Higgs boson, which is believed to be a basic building block of the universe, is likely to be found in the lower More

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