Canine Power

The editorial in the Kashmir Monitor is still unclear about how to stop and reverse the situation where dogs already outnumber people. Latest estimate shows that Srinagar city has nearly 100,000 stray dogs (second story) City of Dogs Not long ago, the Srinagar...

A Treachery of Immense Proportions

Bashir is rightfully indignant at Government’s plans to widen the Narabal Tangmarg Road (NTR) at the expense of beautiful chinars growing on both sides of the Gulmarg Road that will be cut down How Long Will The Chinars Live? Bashir Ahmad Gojree Man’s place in...

Panacea for Kashmir

Finally, Dr. Padgoankar, Chief Interlocutor on Kashmir, speaks the mantra that he heard on 23 March 2011: http://kashmirforum.org/images/kashmir-conundrum.pdf ‘People in JK Yearn for Accountability, Transparency in Governance’ Umer Maqbool (Greater Kashmir) Srinagar:...

The Rich are Really Rich

A recent study by the Indian chamber of commerce, ASSOCHAM, found the greatest disparity in India between the rich and the poor exists in Kashmir. Now we have hard data that the amount of the value added tax (VAT) collected in Kashmir exceeds even larger and richer...