A tragic tale

but such stories are rampant in Kashmir

Firdous Syed

Even for an absolutely apathetic person it will be very difficult to turn his face from the bone chilling and screaming headlines like those of, ‘Four Sons of Jana Begum’ and ‘Being Syeda Begum’. As a matter of fact, for any Kashmiri worth his name it would be immensely distressing a task to come More

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Emulate Dubai-like Initiatives

Incorporate a Department of Economic Development (DED)

Junaid Azim Mattu

We can’t emphasize enough on the need for a private sector economic growth in Jammu & Kashmir. The goal here would be to create a conducive macro-environment for investment and small and medium enterprise growth. The State would need better public infrastructure in all sectors – better road connectivity More

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FDI in retail

For whom is this Foreign Direct Investment

Malik Altaf Hussain

The recent decision of Government to allow FDI in retail has come under sharp criticism from various circles and rightly so, given the inappropriate timing and the apprehensions associated with it. India followed an import substitution policy from the first five year plan to the end of seventh five More

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American Soldier’s guilt

A memorable bus journey of a Kashmiri boy in the US

Mehboob Makhdoomi

It was my Christmas break, back in December 2007.  I was a Post-graduate business student at a University in Pennsylvania and I planned to spend my holidays with my relatives in the state of Indiana. I chose the most popular ‘Greyhound bus service’ for almost a 10 hour journey. It was windy with More

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