Clarity counts

Orwell and Hemingway – snow white prose

Write Hand By Ajaz-ul-Haque

Clarity is the hallmark of a good communicator. Ambiguity his failure. Clearer the prose, stronger the message and sharper the effect. Vaguer the text, weaker the argument. All Orwells and Hemingways are the children of a transparent expression. They could realize the fruitlessness of being ponderous More
Where mourning is a luxury

I was not mourning my father. I was mourning my mother's loss of right to mourn

FIRST PERSON BY SAJAD LONE

I was in Raj Bagh with some friends when I was informed that my father had been attacked. I rushed to my house and was scared by the melancholic sight of people. I saw them in restless huddles, head deep in grief and anguish, spread in sad clusters, sitting or standing, entering or leaving the house More
I want to pelt a stone at …..

Two bigots who do a disservice to their own country

FLIPSIDE By Abdul Majid Zargar

Bal ThakreyBorn on 23rd January 1926 in a poor family, Bal Thackeray started his career as a cartoonist in the Free Press Journal in Mumbai in the 1950s. His cartoons were also published in the Sunday edition of The Times of India. He formed the Shiv Sena on 19 June 1966. Politically More
  • Kashmir

Kamal blames army, central agencies for Pandit migration

‘It can be described as mass exodus, not ethnic cleansing’

WASIM KHALID

Srinagar, Jan 8: A day after National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah tendered apology to Kashmiri Pandits for the “ethnic cleansing” that took place in nineties, his younger brother and MLA Hazratbal More


  • Srinagar City

TARA SPEAKS TWIN CITIES FACELIFT

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Jan 8: “Comprehensive development of Srinagar and Jammu is very essential so that vision of making these cities as greater cities is realized,” said Deputy Chief Minister, Tara Chand Saturday More



  • Jammu

Adhere to set norms: Edu minister to pvt institutions

Jammu, Jan 8: The Minister for Education and Public Enterprises Peerzada Muammad Sayeed today said that the government is    simultaneously focusing on consolidation of infrastructure and More


  • News in Brief

2 held with CAPD rice, sugar in Shopian

Srinagar: Police on Saturday arrested two persons when they were carrying eight bags of rice and one bag of sugar meant for public distribution in Shopian. A police spokesman said that Shopian Police More


  • Business

Govt to renovate, restore in phases 100 forts in JK

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Jan 8: As many as 100 historical forts located in various parts of the state would be renovated in a phased manner to restore their pristine glory. This, according to an official statement More


  • News

Gadkari questions delay in Afzal’s hanging

Guwahati, Jan 8: Hitting out at the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for its alleged failure to curb terrorism, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Nitin Gadkari on More


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