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HAND SURGERY DAY IN INDIA: Preserving the Hands that Build the Future

Every year, August 23 holds a special significance for India’s medical community. This day is observed as Hand Surgery Day in India, marking the...

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Greater Kashmir

Dr P Umar Farooq Baba

Echoes of Command

In our daily lives, we often come across situations where government officers, police officials, or other public servants issue orders, notices or...

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Greater Kashmir

Muneeb Rashid Malik

Pre-Trial Incarceration and the Misapplication of ‘Gravity of Offence’

A 24 year old male is arrested on the charges of taking part in a fight in his locality. No arms recovered. No grievous hurt to the complainant....

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Greater Kashmir

Mohammad Saqib

Gaza War & Uncertain Peace Prospects

On August 19 Hamas said that it had accepted the new ceasefire proposal presented on the 17th by Qatar and Egypt to renew talks ahead of the...

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Greater Kashmir

Vappala Balachandran

US, Europe and NATO

President Donald Trump is now fully engaged in finding an end, at least of hostilities, in Russia’s Ukraine war. Trump’s involvement in Europe is...

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Greater Kashmir

Vivek Katju

Moul Mouj Health Corner

Q: My father wakes up many times at night to pass urine. Is this normal in old age? A: Frequent urination at night can be due to prostate problems,...

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Greater Kashmir

Gk Health Desk

Mutual Care, Mutual Growth

 In today’s world, where relations are sustained merely for personal benefits and selfishness but the bond of relation between a child and his...

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Greater Kashmir

Ayaan Saroori

What did our elders eat?

Life in Kashmir has become challenging. Each day something new is exposed that send shivers down the spine. On July 31, when the Food Safety...

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Sayeesa Shaban

Caring for Joints and Preventing Falls in Old Age

I went for a home visit recently because an elderly gentleman had fallen and suffered a hip fracture. As I sat with him and his worried family, I...

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Greater Kashmir

Dr. Zubair Saleem

How merit in Kashmir is dying a silent death

Imagine a scenario where a classroom is preparing for a crucial exam. The most dedicated students who have invested countless hours and immense...

yesterday 10

Greater Kashmir

Maryam Qasim

No more jobs?

Have you ever thought about this? You work hard in your office, you dedicate years of effort, loyalty, and discipline. But what if one day, all of...

yesterday 10

Greater Kashmir

Khan Khalid

J&K: Restoring the future

In his Independence Day address Chief Minister Omar Abdullah referred to the reported observation of the Supreme Court, purported to link the...

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Greater Kashmir

B L Saraf

Proximity to Allah (SwT)

It’s the best of goals It is ordained that proximity to Allah (SwT) is the best of goals, while worldly pleasures may not last: ‘’Fair in the...

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Greater Kashmir

Gk Editorial Desk

Pakistan’s Kashmir Strategy in Decline

For decades, Pakistan has sought to internationalize the Kashmir issue, presenting itself as the guardian of Kashmiri rights. Its campaigns have...

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Greater Kashmir

Guest Contributor

After the disaster

The recent events of cloudbursts at Kishtawar and Kathua raise many questions. One, the bigger question of climate change and our responsibility of...

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Greater Kashmir

Gk Editorial Desk

Why Hannah Matters?: A Personal Reflection

Every now and then, I am asked why Hannah Arendt? (I am doing PhD in Political science. I work on Hannah Arendt). At first, this question seemed...

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Aamir Hussain

BJP’s Southern Gamble or Congress’s Self-Goal?

If politics is a game of moves and countermoves, the BJP has once again demonstrated its ability to turn every election, even one as ceremonial as...

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Bharat Rawat

The dangerous delicacy

A sudden shock that rattled the entire valley – Cuisine specialties tasted horror. The recent expose of rotten meat stunned one and all. This...

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Greater Kashmir

Bilal Kaloo

Nature and Role of Satan in Quran

The Quran’s devil is striking not because he solves the problem of evil, but because he refuses to. The Quran deploys two registers. “Iblis”...

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Greater Kashmir

Shoaib Mohammad

The Maestro of Laughter and Tears

As I pen these words, my heart is heavy with grief, and my eyes are moist with tears. I’m remembering the day I lost a dear friend, a literary...

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Greater Kashmir

Dr Rafeeq Masoodi

Ask the Doctor

Q: I’m in my 30s and often feel a burning sensation in my feet. Should I worry? A: Burning feet at a younger age could signal vitamin B12...

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Greater Kashmir

Gk Health Desk

New World Order: West and the Rest

Writings on the New World Order have become a staple for students and policy analysts engaged in diplomacy and international relations. These...

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Greater Kashmir

Prof. Gull Mohammad Wani

Can Medicinal Plants Help Prevent Cancer?

Imagine a future where cancer prevention begins not in a hospital but in the lap of nature—a sip of herbal tea, a plant-based supplement, or a...

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Greater Kashmir

Umer Majeed Khaja

Rotten minds sell rotten meat

WHO defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. Just like...

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Dr Arif Maghribi Khan

Why are Kashmiri youth becoming prisoners of their playlists?

It is common to call music as a universal language. It connects, heals, and inspires us. But beneath this harmony lies a more subtle, and sometimes...

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Umair Ashraf

Unsafe Streets

As much we cry about the menace of street dogs, as much we suffer because of it, and as much the level of crisis goes further up, nothing changes...

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Gk Editorial Desk

Summit to nowhere

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin’s much-anticipated meeting in Alaska ended with smiles, handshakes, and talk of “progress,” but no deal to halt the...

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Greater Kashmir

Guest Contributor

Hidden Crisis of Emotional Abuse in Teens

Teenage years are a sacred period that is abounding with illusions, learning, and growth. This is the period when the children search for what they...

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Mohammad Arfat Wani

Make it more efficient

The nationwide Goods and Services Tax (GST) was rolled out eight years ago with much fanfare in a special midnight session of Parliament. It was...

19.08.2025 2

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Ajit Ranade

Four years without Uniform Admission Calendar in Private Schools

With September approaching, the whole focus of school education shifts towards the new admission session in private schools across Jammu and...

19.08.2025 1

Greater Kashmir

Syed Rizwan Geelani

Deluge in the Hills

Cloudbursts in regions like Uttarakhand, Kishtwar and Kathua, which happened within two weeks of each other were not just co-incidents. We have had...

19.08.2025 1

Greater Kashmir

Prof Upendra Kaul

Echoes from the streets

Dear Chief Minister, I did not vote for you. That may not matter to you, but it matters to me, because in a time when politics has become...

19.08.2025 1

Greater Kashmir

Mir Imaad Rafi

Half-baked and half-hearted

In 2007, Taare Zameen Par captivated audiences with its heartrending portrayal of Ishaan, a young boy grappling with dyslexia. Unable to keep pace...

19.08.2025 1

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Kamran Shamshad

Making matters worse for itself

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made it abundantly clear that the Indus Waters Treaty in its current shape is neither tolerable nor acceptable to...

19.08.2025 4

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Arun Joshi

Collapse of plastic treaty

Negotiations in Geneva on a global treaty to end plastic pollution collapsed yet again.  The countries remained hopelessly deadlocked on the single...

19.08.2025 4

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Gk Editorial Desk

Tourism in a warming Kashmir

The fragile Himalayan ecosystem of Jammu & Kashmir, long celebrated for its ethereal landscapes and rich cultural heritage, now faces a pressing...

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Mutaharra A W Deva

A call for action

Foods of animal origin can pose significant threats to human health if not handled, processed, or stored properly. While government agencies are...

18.08.2025 3

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Prof. Mujeeb Fazili

Power Sector Reforms: Oversight and Accountability

The Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS), launched with the ambitious objective of overhauling India’s power distribution infrastructure, was...

18.08.2025 10

Greater Kashmir

Dr S. Bashir Ahmad Veeri

The dark in the clouds

The tragedy that struck in Kishtwar calls for more than statements and visits. The shock that we received is not the first, and the chances are...

18.08.2025 10

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Gk Editorial Desk

Kishtwar Catastrophe

Mountains melted and washed away humans within a flicker of an eye! It looked like a doomsday. A series of cloudbursts wreaked havoc in the...

18.08.2025 4

Greater Kashmir

Arif Shafi Wani

Cloudbursts: Pattern and the policy?

Each monsoon, our mountains replay the same nightmare: a sudden cloudburst, a roaring nalla, a wall of mud and boulders, and then silence where...

18.08.2025 4

Greater Kashmir

Dr. Ashraf Zainabi

When the Walls of Power Turn Cold

There is a darkness that creeps quietly into the halls of power — in corporate offices, educational institutes, and organizations. It wears...

17.08.2025 1

Greater Kashmir

Jasmine Fatima

The sound of her voice

Dear Mom, Three years since that noon when your heart stopped and mine broke; and left an emotional wound. They say, time is the best healer. But...

17.08.2025 1

Greater Kashmir

Nasreen Baba

MODI’S RED FORT DOCTRINE: Swadeshi, Sovereignty, and the Leap to 2047

On the 79th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stepped onto the ramparts of the Red Fort not merely to mark another year of freedom but...

17.08.2025 1

Greater Kashmir

Surinder Singh Oberoi

Healing drug abusers is not a circus!

He is barely 21, maybe 22. With a beard yet to fill in. Height still growing. He wears ripped jeans in the name of fashion. Drives an electrical...

17.08.2025 10

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Faizaan Bashir

Seasons Losing Script

Rain is no stranger to mountains of Kishtwar. But this week, the rain did not fall, it tore. One cloudburst and everything changed. It ripped...

17.08.2025 1

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Syeda Afshana

Rotten Meat, Rotten Trust

The doors of a cold storage facility in Zakura swung open late last month, and with them, a crisis burst into Kashmir’s public consciousness. The...

17.08.2025 1

Greater Kashmir

Malik Daniyal