For many Er. Rasheed is a dramatist, a joker, a spy, a nuisance, a suspicion, an actor, a proxy; but at least for myself I…
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Invading privacy
Incredible! But true. You may get a call on your mobile number from Prime Minister Narendra Modi or any other dignitary leaving you breathless for…
View More Invading privacyPrivate Practice, No Sin!
A sting operation carried out by a news channel created ripples in the medical fraternity in the state as three Heads of Departments of Sher-e-Kashmir…
View More Private Practice, No Sin!Jugglery of figures
In my Wednesday column, I had noted that budget 2018-19 is old wine in new bottles, on a deeper examination; the jugglery of figures is…
View More Jugglery of figuresSluggish dredging of Jhelum
The slow dredging of river Jhelum has again been raised— this time by the legislators in the J&K Legislative Assembly who sought constitution of a…
View More Sluggish dredging of JhelumScrapping Hajj subsidy
The eighty five-year old Hajj Subsidy is scrapped by the government of India from this year. The announcement came as a surprise to thousands of…
View More Scrapping Hajj subsidyOf Article 19 and SRO 525
My words are addressed to the ministry of finance. I am neither an economist like Adam Smith or John Maynard Keynes nor a visionary like …
View More Of Article 19 and SRO 525Lest we forget
Realities are, at times, strange. Kashmiri Pandits, the aboriginal inhabitants of Kashmir are out in exile, in this modern age of reason and enlightenment. The…
View More Lest we forgetFriday Focus: The Divine Wrath
It is recorded in Holy Quran as a note of warning that an extreme of transgression of Divine norms has to have retribution. Divine wrath…
View More Friday Focus: The Divine WrathBuying Blues
Fetching oranges from the market is so simple a task, like a walk in the park. You stop near a fruit seller who is standing…
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