The family politics

“All is well” within the family

Impressions By Binoo Joshi

Certain matters matter, some matter the most. National Conference  has done something, which it was expected to do  for long. The party needed active workers  and some one who could inspire  the youngsters. The  party president Farooq Abdullah has  done only one part More

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The Indo-Pak Gen-next

K-factor makes a backdoor entry

VIEWPOINT By Anil Anand

Thankfully, the Manmohan Singh-Zardari conclave was not overshadowed by the presence of the gen-next on the luncheon table. Even attempts by the media to steal the march over the broader significance of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari’s brief stop-over in Delhi did not succeed. Simply because More

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Caught in a tangle

Is there a scope to build a healthy society?

MY TAKE By Nayeema Ahmad Mahjoor

He and I, we were both jubilant and euphoric to return to our motherland. I would be enjoying the Kashmiri spring after twenty years of self exile and he would be starting his brilliant career for which he had invested his father's two acres of ancestral land, five years of solitude and separation More

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Producing quality teachers

Only teachers can provide quality education

EDUCATION By Zaffar-Ullah-Malik

In 2012, discussions about what constitutes ‘quality teaching’ and the role of teacher professional standards in determining and monitoring quality will no doubt continue to be important in Jammu and Kashmir, as well as in many parts of the India. I had the pleasure of attending workshop, “How to More

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• Kashmir

• Srinagar City

• Jammu