The Summer that was- and the summer that is

Summer 2011 is about to end and with it would end many notions, beliefs, and opinions of a class of people in Kashmir. Calling this an opinion-changing season would be no exaggeration. This summer as compared to the previous three has been relatively peaceful excluding some stray spasms which gathered More

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Drinking water

I was sad to read the news that about 61 percent of drinking water in the hospitals of North Kashmir supplied by the Public Health Engineering department is unsafe for drinking. The study conducted by Integrated Diseases Surveillance Project (IDSP) should be taken seriously and the problem must be addressed More

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Not resolution

This refers to Muzaffar Hussain Baig’s statement that elections cannot lead to Kashmir resolution. I completely agree with the PDP leader that the recently held Panchayat elections in the state cannot be associated with the resolution of the Kashmir issue, as has been done by some interlocutors and the More

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New pattern

This refers to the news “BOSE to change examination pattern.” To curb the menace of copying in examinations, State Board of School Education has decided to set separate question papers for each student in the coming exams. The Chairman has said that the change in the examination procedure had been supported More

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Tariff plan

This refers to the Power Development Department’s new tariff schedule. It is quite normal that tariff rates should increase year after year. But here every year I saw a huge difference between one slab and the other. J&K has more than 60 percent population in villages which comprises some far flung More

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Denying childhood

There is a fast growing trend to send tender children to pre-schools or crèches in the name of socializing them.  The age group ranges from 18 months to 4 years. Sometimes even the infants are also reported to be admitted to these schools. These institutes generally boast of providing conducive More

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