Naivety our ‘tragic flaw’

We have always suffered because of this

Z. G. Muhammad

I have come to believe as people we are naïve. Our earlier leadership was naïve. Our contemporary leadership is not a shade better than the old crop. Moreover naivety’ is our “tragic flaw.”It has been but for this ‘tragic flaw’ that despite offering heroic resistance against any kind of colonization More
Permitting Pak FDI

Take the CBMs to logical conclusion

Anil Anand

 Anything that relates to India-Pakistan affairs, even if it is a well intentioned step, raises heckles of both the harbingers of peace and the prophets of doom. There are three aspects to any reaction to such a situation: The India perspective, the Pakistan perception and the Kashmiri reaction More
Aisey ‘Guftar’ Say Guzar

In response to Nayeem Akhtar's series of articles

Gowhar Geelani

I absolutely loved and enjoyed to the hilt reading Naeem Akhtar’s last three articles on call to prayers; ‘Azaan’, nuances of worship in the mosques and prayers in general, and the more recent one on the desired traits in our Islamic clerics, ‘Khateebs’, ‘Imams’ and scholars. In his column ‘Between More
Endangered assets

Let’s protect and preserve our heritage sites

Gowhar Bhat

For the past many weeks now the space in the newspapers has remained filled with news stories and articles about the loss of the 200-year-old Dastageer Sahab Shrine in the downtown of Srinagar city. This shrine had as much historic significance as it had a heritage value and thus the loss is colossal More
  • Kashmir

Inaugurated with fanfare, Pehlipora PHC has no doctor, paramedic

No Idea Which Agency Has Constructed The Health Centre: Dr Saleem-ur-Rehman

ALTAF BABA

Baramulla, Aug 5: What could amply reflect the pathetic state of healthcare in rural areas, the Primary Health Centre at Pehlipora here is without a doctor or a paramedic since its much-hyped inauguration More


  • Srinagar City

Govt continues to sleep on Pantha Chowk mess

Meetings after meetings grope for road widening; Kadlabal-Lasjan alternative link upgradation turns mockery; traffic jams worsenSYED IMRAN ALI HAMDANISrinagar, Aug 5: Pantha Chowk, a crucial stretch of More



  • Jammu

Woman dies,2 injured in house collapses

24 More Rescued After Flash Floods

Jammu, Aug 5: A woman died and two others were injured in separate incidents of house collapses in Ramban and Udhampur districts of Jammu and Kashmir. Due to heavy rains, one mud house of Abdul Rafeeq More


  • PaK

Neelum Valley observes shutdown against banned militant groups

TARIQ NAQASH

Muzaffarabad, Aug 5: Residents of Neelum valley in Pakistan administered Kashmir on Sunday observed a shutdown against activities of outlawed militant groups in the area.  Witnesses said a complete More


  • World

Suicide bomber kills 42 in Yemen

Aden, Aug 5: A suicide bombing Yemeni authorities blamed on al-Qaeda killed 42 people in a southern town recently recaptured by the army, hospital and local government sources said today. In More


  • For Contributors

For those who want to write for Greater Kashmir

Our contributors are our capital. We honor each word we receive from them. They add variety to our opinion pages. An ever widening canvas of our writers including students, teachers, civil servants, technocrats More


  • Education and Career

State Board of Technical Education 'plays' with students' careers

Yet to declare diploma results

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 5: Now, State Board of Technical Education has come in the line of criticism over its “failure” to declare diploma results, with final semester students trapped at crossroads whose results More


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