Hajis at home

Not just refund, they deserve compensation

WRITE HAND BY AJAZ UL HAQUE

Lust knows no limits. It sells God and devil alike, with the same aim to earn more. The recent news about a private tour company duping a group of 500 Hajj aspirants has come as a shock. What it meant for these innocent people preparing for the holy journey can only be imagined. They had done everything More

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India’s New Kashmir Narrative

Diversified reportage of the Kashmir issue leads to more politicization

Statecraft By Happymon Jacob

I am increasingly of the opinion that the Indian – not necessarily New Delhi’s - perception on Kashmir has undergone considerable transformation in the recent past. This new Indian approach to Kashmir can only be comprehensively understood and explained by looking at the various domestic social, political More

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Never mind!

If you want to be a great mind

Freeze FRAME By Syeda Afshana

   Then of the Thee In Me who works behind      The Veil of universe, I cried to find      A lamp to guide me through Darkness, and      Something then said -      ‘An Understanding More

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Dinner At the “Point”

O' my passion for chasing swallows

Nostalgia By ZGM

I loved chasing swallows making graceful flights on the streets outside our home. Many times, while running after them, aping these charming birds, I   wide opened my arms and believing having grown wings like the fabled horse, whose picture hanged on almost every wall, I tried to catch More

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Dollars, Euros and Kashmir

Sensex down, rupee weak, inflation up: how do Kashmiris actually cope?

DATELINE SRINAGAR By Arjimand Hussain Talib

When things turn topsy-turvy in the US or Europe, ripple effects are felt in Kashmir too. Add the volatility in India’s stock markets, a weak rupee, high inflation and fuel prices – times become even more interesting.Different segments of Kashmir’s society would deal with these issues differently More

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