Srinagar, Sept. 21 -- BJP won 29 Assembly seats in Jammu in 2024 and not a single one in Kashmir. Yet that does not mean it cannot one day lead a government in Jammu and Kashmir. That sounds contradi... Read More
Srinagar, Sept. 14 -- Something unusual is happening inside the National Conference. Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi is no longer behaving like a mildly disgruntled parliamentarian who occasionally disagrees ... Read More
Srinagar, Sept. 7 -- There is perhaps no political party in India that has spoken about the suffering of Kashmiri Pandits as consistently, emotionally and emphatically as the Bharatiya Janata Party. F... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 31 -- There is something almost insulting about the political conversation in Kashmir today. People want Kashmir discussed. Its politicians are discussing themselves. Who said what abo... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 24 -- There was a time when carrying the Tiranga openly in large parts of Kashmir could invite a stare, a threat, perhaps worse. Today, the same Valley produces kilometre-long Tiranga p... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 17 -- There was a time when seeing the Deputy Commissioner of a district meant something. The DC arrived when there was a major government programme, a crisis, an important public meeti... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 15 -- Thirty-six years. For a human being, it is almost half a lifetime. For a child, it is enough time to be born, go to school, graduate, marry and become the parent of another scho... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 10 -- Dear Prime Minister, India is preparing to celebrate another Independence Day. The Tricolour will rise. The anthem will play. Speeches will invoke sacrifice, sovereignty, freedo... Read More
Srinagar, Aug. 3 -- In most places, an armed policeman walking beside someone indicates danger. In Kashmir, he can also indicate status. A politician may lose an election, surrender his office, disapp... Read More
Srinagar, July 27 -- In India, when a public project succeeds, an officer's name is prominently displayed. There are press conferences, social-media posts, glowing profiles, awards, appreciation lette... Read More