The Slow Death

Saleem is unable to recommend strong medicine to save the Dal Lake given its near-term benefits to tourism. Is it the case of killing the hen that lays golden eggs?(Mr. Mohammad Saleem, 62, is a retired senior engineer is the J&K civil service.)Who Will save...

State’s Fatcats Get Off Easy

Zeenat tears into past sweet-heart deals that continue to enrich the well connected gentry.(Ms. Zeenat Zeeshan Fazil, 26, was born in Srinagar, Kashmir. She did her schooling from King George (Mumbai) and later Cambridge (New Delhi), and received her Masters degree in...

Only in Kashmir

State’s budding RTI civil society fights hard to bring accountability in J&K’s bureaucracy with mixed results so farJK seeks opinion from KAS/IAS officers on declaration of assetsSrinagar: In a step which has sparked off a debate, the Jammu and Kashmir...

Children of the Lesser God

Salman pitches for children who were robbed of their childhood(Mr. Salman Nizami, 25, was born in Banihal tehsil of District Ramban. He completed his graduate degree in mass communication and journalism, and joined journalism in 2004. He began his professional life at...

Traveling Through History

Iqbal wonders if the State government has the sense of heritage to properly preserve history along the Mughal Road(Mr. Iqbal Ahmad, 49, was born in Parigam Chek, Kulgam. He is a graduate with Diploma in Numismatics, Archaeology and Heritage. He is an archaeologist,...