Srinagar, Jan. 26 -- Kashmir is perhaps the only place in India where entire government departments behave like seasonal shops - they open briefly when nature or crisis forces them to, and then quietl... Read More
Srinagar, Jan. 12 -- There was a time in Kashmir when spirituality did not announce itself. It did not need microphones, entourages, or a cheering gallery. It arrived quietly - often barefoot, often h... Read More
Srinagar, Jan. 5 -- An MP is not elected merely to comment on events. He is elected to shape outcomes. That requires drafting legislation, pushing policy amendments, building alliances across parties,... Read More
Srinagar, Dec. 29 -- Kashmir today is ruled less by governance and more by timelines. Its loudest politics unfolds not in secretariats, power stations or employment offices, but on Twitter/X - a space... Read More
Srinagar, Dec. 22 -- Kashmir is intensely opinionated - about everything except itself. From Nitish Kumar's political manoeuvres to Gaza's ruins, from Israel - Palestine to faraway ideological battles... Read More
Srinagar, Dec. 15 -- A Kashmiri student fears travelling by air, always apprehensive of being at an airport for "routine questioning." A young professional is asked - politely, but pointedly - where h... Read More
Srinagar, Dec. 8 -- Srinagar, we were repeatedly told, has been transformed into a "smart city." Ironically, it was never as congested, chaotic, or directionless as it became after that declaration. I... Read More
Srinagar, Dec. 1 -- Here is a peculiar trait in the Indian state's political psychology - an inconsistency that has persisted from Nehru to Modi, from soft separatism to muscular nationalism. India pr... Read More
Srinagar, Nov. 24 -- After the recent blast in Delhi and the arrests that followed, former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah lamented that "all Kashmiris are now being looked at with suspicion." His outrag... Read More
Srinagar, Nov. 17 -- In politics, defeats are often described as temporary setbacks. But some losses carry the weight of a verdict - a message so sharp that pretending not to hear it becomes a luxury ... Read More