To Kashmiri parents: Before asking about caste in marriage, ask about groom family’s debt

By Saba Ali I am 27 years old. Like thousands of young women across Kashmir, I am at an age where relatives, neighbours and family...

World Environment Day 2026: Kashmir’s imperative of climate action

By: Farooq Ahmad Lone (IAS Retd) World Environment Day 2026 arrives with a clear and urgent message: climate action cannot be postponed. This year's theme,...

If muscle power prevails over ownership deeds, Court orders, Revenue records, where should citizens go?

An open letter to LG Sinha, CM Omar Abdullah, Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Deputy Commissioner,  Budgam Dear sirs Today I write this open letter to you because...

The Nirbhayas of Kashmir: We owe an apology

By Dr. Fiaz Maqbool Fazili The reported rape and murder of a young girl in Budgam has shaken Kashmir to its moral core. A child...

The enduring paradoxes of Marxist thought

By: Mohammad Sahir “A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of communism.” With these words, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels opened The Communist Manifesto in 1848,...

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