Coercive tactics won't do

Muzzling Geelani will be making him more important. Set him free as long as the means he adopts are peaceful

Hassan Zainagairi

A peaceful freedom of expression is a constitutional right and, in real sense, essence of democracy. The test of democracy lies in providing equal opportunity and political space to your opponents and giving him the right to tell you do not want to hear. Voltaire’s classic remarks about freedom of More

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Money, money and money!

These days Kashmiris are suffering from money possession mania. Everything is weighed in money and there seems to be one point programme of making money, by hook or by crook!

M.Ashraf

During the last decade or so when Kashmir had been coming out of the turmoil of nineties, one noticed innumerable constructions all over the valley. The city of Srinagar has seen an unprecedented boom in construction of palatial private residences and shopping complexes. The number of vehicles in More

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The brain drain and brain sharing

Leave the first, think about the second

Dr. Mirza Ashraf Beg

‘Brain drain’ is a phenomenon wherein highly skilled people migrate from one place to another place while as ‘brain sharing’ is a process wherein knowledge, expertise and skill is shared for the betterment of mankind globally. History is a witness that intellectuals, scientists, educationists, artisans More

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Scholarships. For whom?

Who deserves and who gets benefitted? The question demands answer

Mehraj Din

Education is a fundamental means for imparting true ideals of life. It determines the health of a society.  Kashmir has produced various intellectuals in the past and there is no dearth of intellectuals at present too. The students from Kashmir, wherever they may be studying, are proving their More

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