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There is a lot of debate going on about the timing of the India-Pak ceasefire, announced on May 10 evening, and the reasons that prompted it. The...
Life can be busy, and often one can find that it is a struggle to keep things in perspective. To see the good which sits alongside the bad, or the...
Over the last two days, there have been two major positive developments: one, the ceasefire between India and Pakistan after four days of intense...
The announcement of a ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan marks more than a military truce; it signals a potential turning point in the...
From his celestial perch among the stars, Iqbal gazes down upon the Valley of Kashmir. The distance of nearly a century since his earthly departure...
It has been a year since Azhar Hilal Sir left us, yet his presence continues to resonate in the hearts of those he touched. As we mark his first...
No doubt, Kashmir has been in crisis for the last three decades, but it has not witnessed war-like situations since 1971. The region has...
In the lush, but often turbulent landscape of Jammu and Kashmir, where education has historically been challenged by conflict and remoteness, a few...
The genesis of the present India-Pakistan conflict that threatened to go up on the escalatory ladder mercifully ended on 10th May. But it was the...
It has happened for the first time post 1947 that Poonch city was targeted directly in the ongoing India-Pakistan confrontation. The locals in...
Is journalism still about informing the public, interrogating power, and enabling democratic conversation—or has it mutated into a performance...
It began like a sparkler—innocent, almost festive. A red streak across the sky. Then another. A strange hush fell on the park where I was walking...
The ceasefire between India and Pakistan is an extraordinarily positive development for the South Asian region, more so for Jammu and Kashmir,...
Pride is a silent parasite. It doesn’t scream, but it destroys; slowly, quietly and relentlessly. It eats away at the heart of individuals and...
When uncertainty hangs in the air like unspoken unease, remaining calm is a life skill, it isn’t just an emotional state. And at the heart of this...
With this, I have completed forty four articles published by this esteemed newspaper. I am immensely grateful for the feedback, constructive or...
As the sky lit the border city of Jammu, my home town, with Pakistani drones and other projectiles, making futile bids to find targets in the City...
It’s hard to believe that Moulana Mubarak Mubarki (known famously as Mub Saeb) is no longer among us. His death has sent shockwaves through the...
The Pahalgam tragedy aftermath is seemingly turning into a major escalation between India & Pakistan. Sensing the dangerous fallout, secretary...
“In the short run, the investment is a voting machine. In the long run, it is a weighing machine”, perhaps this was the intent of the policy...
Indian armed strikes as part of Operation Sindoor on nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir on May 7 in the aftermath of the attack...
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, a landmark legislation replacing the Indian Penal Code, 1860, seeks to modernize and indigenize the...
This writer may be forgiven for writing on a subject which may be very remote on what is on the mind of all Indians—the current state of relations...
Hope had briefly returned to Kashmir. Once more, the markets were humming with the sounds of haggling and laughter. Admiring the elaborate Kashmiri...
Old age has been called the evening of life, serene, peaceful, golden, but sometimes filled with shadows. While the body starts slowing down and...
In a region where the elderly are respected as the moral and cultural bedrock of our families, it is time we ask a hard question: What tangible...
In regions caught in persistent states of uncertainty and disruption, the atmosphere often thickens with an invisible weight—a mix of anxiety,...
The tragic happenings of the recent heartless killings in Pahalgam brought in a sudden drop for the tourism industry. Kashmir valley has seen...
Feminism since last few decades vibrantly talks about the rights of women which somehow had been least talked about in past due to various known...
One of the ways God chooses to punish some of us is to let our nafs dictate terms including its passion for getting rich. It is a trial that very...
It is one of the many wonders of Allah (SwT) that he has produced us from one person and we have grown into so many, each one with his own...
Clad in a dark brown frock-shalwar, with a finely woven red stole laced with green stripes draped delicately over her head, Sheherzad’s bluish...
Every year, as May arrives, the Kashmir Valley—otherwise resplendent in its springtime bloom—is blanketed by a white, cotton-like fluff...
Days before, one of the premier exams in the country concluded. Just after the exam, many students came crying out of the halls as they felt the...
The wild run of the Donald Trump brigade in the United States is already bringing negative fallouts: the US economy contracted in the first...
Recently, I came across a touching book titled Bumpy Roads by Dr. Ibrahim Masoodi—a name that many in the medical fraternity will recognize. I’ve...
The context of modern and postmodern Shakespeare criticism is modernistic worldview which, as Russell puts it, is built on the foundations of “...
Kashmir is among the few regions in the world that not only have a breathtaking scenic beauty but a resounding heritage preserved, but now in a...
Crime is a part of human societies, so is punishment for crime. But certain crimes are so horrific that no punishment can be matching to the level...
Amid rising tensions after the Pahalgam terror attack, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has brought a very positive message from New Delhi. The message...
A Century Ago… In 1925, an American pediatrician named Dr. Thomas Benton Cooley described a serious health problem in children (mostly of Italian...
Over the years, India has emerged as a rising global power with expanding diplomatic, economic, and military clout. Pakistan, on the other hand,...
In the journey of life, there are moments that silently sculpt our future. Academic examinations are one such moment—no longer mere assessments,...
arfatbhat23@gmail.com In the picturesque region of Jammu and Kashmir, the Ayushman Bharat scheme, launched in 2018, had brought hope to millions of...
In the high-stakes world of startups, the odds are not in your favour—statistics show that nearly 90% of startups fail globally. Yet, success is...
For millions across the globe, breathing doesn’t come easy. It comes with tightness, coughing, wheezing and fear—especially when asthma, a chronic...