Making Kashmir a theocracy

National movement must not be held hostage to religious sloganeering?

ANALYSIS By Hashim Qureshi

Kashmir dispute is sixty-four years old. Three wars, 1947, 1965 and Kargil have been fought. Simultaneously there surfaced armed insurgencies and political movements. This affair consumed two generations and next two also seem to be meeting the same fate. The question repeatedly asked is why despite More

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Ladakh calling

We need to integrate this region culturally and politically

REGIONS By Nawang Tsering Shakspo

It is heartening to read in a section of the press that the State government has constituted a five- member committee to select a new Secretary for Jammu and Kashmir’s Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, headed by Muhammed Yousuf Taing. It is a well-known fact that Mr. Taing   had done More

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Colossal Question

For 10 years, we've lied to ourselves to avoid asking the one real question

9/11 By Robert Fisk

By their books, ye shall know them.I'm talking about the volumes, the libraries – nay, the very halls of literature – which the international crimes against humanity of 11 September 2001 have spawned. Many are spavined with pseudo-patriotism and self-regard, others rotten with the hopeless mythology More

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Corruption in Kashmir

How can it be removed from our DNA?

SOCIETY By Dr Abdul Majid Siraj

In Kashmir corruption is the DNA that infuses life in day to day administration.   Any attempt to denature the mould or transfigure the structure will kill the system.    A Municipality rubbish collector receives Rs 50 a month from you.   He does the most menial More

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