Our English Jihad

Reflections on Curfewed Night, The Collaborator, The Garden of Solitude

DATELINE SRINAGAR by Arjimand Hussain Talib

Hope seldom overrides despair for we Kashmiris. Let us honestly admit, most of us often give in to what looks like ‘the inevitability of a national decay.’ Our circumstances usually leave us confused, and dejected. Left marooned and captive, we often crane our necks for a glimpse of hope, some fresh More
Amulets and Examinations

How we sought the help of saints to help us write our exams

Nostalgia By ZGM

It was part of our folklore. It was my faith. It was belief of my whole generation. That talisman does wonders. Amulets perform miracles.  Like Pushkin, I often implored:‘When the ocean will ride,Around me the rolls in ire,When clouds will be set in fire,My talisman, pray, be More
Chick Lit

The world of literature makes crooked concoction out of woman

Freeze FRAME By Syeda Afshana

They say, there are two tests of the philosophy of life. That is, the test of truth and the test of morality. Truth in fiction means something else while the truth in works of science has a different meaning. When Plato said that all imaginative literature is “false” because it does not reproduce More
Power is key

For us greater energy independence means a stronger economy

What’s up By Sajjad Bazaz

‘The solution to all socio-economic development issues lies in power’. This is a line which one of my acquaintances who is a financial expert dished out during a discussion over hydro - power generation capacity of the J&K state. This is true, as we don’t have money to exploit our huge water resources More
  • Kashmir

WOMAN HELD FOR HIRING IKHWANIS TO KILL HUSBAND: POLICE

ALTAF BABA

Baramulla, Feb 19: Police on Saturday said that it arrested a woman for allegedly hired Ikhwanis for Rs 50,000 to get her husband killed after he stalled her efforts to start her own business in north More


  • Srinagar City

‘Pied Piper’ of Srinagar

What has been a fable cherished by kids about man who saved his

M HYDERI

WHEN this 54-year-old recently walked into the office chambers of Divisional Commissioner, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon with a claim that he could make the stray dogs leave this summer Capital, the IAS officer More



  • Jammu

Gear up for retrieving Govt land from grabbers: Bhalla to officers

Jammu, Feb 19: Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation Raman Bhalla has asked the Revenue Officers to gear up   for retrieving the state land from the grabbers. He was interacting More


  • News in Brief

Div Com to hear appeals under LRA

Srinagar: Divisional Commissioner Dr Asgar Samoon will hear appeals and revisions under Land Revenue Act which will be conducted by the court of Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Srinagar on two days in More


  • Business

Kashmir Inc says no to US dollar in trans-LoC trade

‘It is an intra-Kashmir deal, not international’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Feb 19: The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) today said it was firmly against use of US dollar as medium of exchange in cross-LoC trade. Senior Vice President, KCCI, Abdul More


  • News

6 candidates in fray for 4 seats

PAK COUNCIL ELECTION

TARIQ NAQASH

Muzaffarabad, Feb 19: Five candidates from three main political parties withdrew their nomination papers here on Saturday, leaving six in the fray for the four vacant seats of the Pakistan administered More


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