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Boat Tragedy

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Of political Iftar parties 

The holy month of Ramadan is over, so are the lively Iftar parties. Each year, when Ramadan enters its last leg, people organise Iftar parties,...

13.04.2024 30

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A strange seat

As the election dates are drawing closer, Jammu and Kashmir is coming alive with political fervor. The region is witnessing a flurry of rallies,...

04.04.2024 9

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Fasting protests: A display of anger

“He is weak and very low on energy”, this was the response to an interview request from the office of Sonam Wangchuk. However, on my insistence,...

28.03.2024 10

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Elections, Alliances and Parties

The Election Commission’s announcement about the poll schedule had him on the edge of his seat. Minutes before the Chief Election Commissioner (...

21.03.2024 8

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A faltering PAGD

As the cab whizzed past the barren paddy fields, the atmosphere inside the vehicle became thick with despair and uncertainty. Two strangers occupying...

14.03.2024 6

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Power, poetry and smart meters

“Is Sarkar di meharbani, na ji bijli na ji Pani” A few years ago, some two dozen protesters from the marginalised Gujjar community gathered in a...

07.03.2024 4

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No end in sight

Russia-Ukraine war has again dominated the news cycles across the globe with the war completing two full years. Over the last two weeks, political...

29.02.2024 6

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Code for Empowerment: Shopian Woman’s Tech Triumph

Jamia Gul, a young woman from the village of Pratapora in Shopian district, is making waves with her entrepreneurial success story. Two years ago,...

26.02.2024 7

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Disrespecting Pheran

On December 21, a knot of locals and some outstation tourists donning different designs of pherans gathered at Srinagar’s commercial nerve centre...

23.02.2024 8

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Another dark chapter

Without moving his bat an inch, Imran Khan hit a ton on a rough political pitch. The electoral score of Khan’s PTI backed candidates blindsided...

15.02.2024 6

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Little hope for democracy

By the time these lines appear in print, Pakistan will have held its general elections. The elections are bound to be anything but free and fair....

08.02.2024 6

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Career politics and Nitish’s exit

Post-2019, the political landscape of Jammu and Kashmir witnessed a raft of changes with political leaders switching sides and new ones entering...

01.02.2024 7

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….and a 12th pass failed to do it!

A few years ago, I was interviewing an IAS officer for a crucial story when a young man entered his office. The officer asked him to sit, and he...

25.01.2024 10

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Munawar Rana : A people’s poet

Hamare kuch gunahoon ki saza bi saath chalti hai, Hum ab tanha nahi chalte dawa bi sath chalti hai Munawar Rana has poignantly summed up his...

18.01.2024 9

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An agri-entrepreneur’s journey from law to land

Last year, when a knot of foreign delegates visited Kashmir as part of G20 tourism summit, a young lawyer turned integrated farmer from an outlying...

16.01.2024 7

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Story of a Sahib

A few years ago, a friend told me an interesting story of a man  who would rub shoulders with local political leaders. The man was a perfect example...

11.01.2024 5

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Sowing Sustainability

In the picturesque setting of Manzam, a quaint village enveloped by breathtaking mountains, situated merely 20 kilometres from Kulgam town in south...

08.01.2024 5

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2024 : A year of elections

The year 2024 is bound to go in the annals of history as an election year with dozens of countries across the globe witnessing elections. The...

04.01.2024 7

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It is raining scams

A few decades ago, a young man with the help of his parents dragged a decrepit wooden cupboard to a store room to make space for a new recliner in...

28.12.2023 7

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Discussing political happenings

On December 1, the manager of a rickety tea shop in Srinagar was rolling up a newspaper to kindle his rusty coal heater, when an elderly man, muffled...

10.12.2023 9

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Normalising Smoke

Over the last three days, they collected all the twigs and leaves from the cluttered ground and dumped them on that part of their apple orchard where...

03.12.2023 9

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Conquering the Sky: Mugees’s Flying Success

In the tumultuous year of 2020, as the world grappled with the unprecedented challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Muhammad Mugees Khan, a...

27.11.2023 7

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Persimmon Pioneer: Cultivating success in Kashmir’s orchard

06.11.2023 7

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