Towards radicalization

Theories of fragmentation and the details thereof

WORDS WITHIN By Firdous Syed

Some influential voices believe that government is deliberately pursuing a policy to “fragment” Kashmir’s society; “resources and money are being spent on creating a divide in the name of Barelvis, Deobandis and Wahabis”.  This is alarming in case it connotes even an iota of what is being claimed More

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Traffic Lights In Isolation

Regulation one aspect. What about Infrastructure, Town Planning?

HOPE BY JUNAID MATTOO

This week, with the arrival of the incumbent Maharaja from Jammu, Kashmir has witnessed the arrival or yet another delayed milestone – traffic lights on the Maharaja Road in Srinagar. The hullabaloo of new, glittering and shimmering traffic lights has enthused all and sundry and added another synthetic More

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Of moral and legal dilemmas

Morals are abstract, legality involves accountability

SOCIETY By Vishal Sharma

`To do or not to do' has more often been a legal than a moral dilemma for us. All of us have generally chosen to engage with only the legal. And that has been owing to the fear of meeting comeuppance in the event of being on its wrong side. As moral is shorn of any such immediate deterrence value More

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Public transport mess

And the roads remain the same

TRANSPORT By Muheet Yousuf

When people look at the public buses available in the city, they think ten times whether to board the bus or not. Precious time of our school and college going students is wasted because of the messy public transport. The bus drivers spend 15 minutes on the bus stop, and if their seats are not filled More

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