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There are two kinds of explanations for the same event in life. One tells us how it happens. The other tells us why it happens. Between these two...
The Central government in collaboration with the National Highway Logistics Management Limited (NHLML) has embarked on an ambitious nationwide...
It is a humbling thought that we spend years building moments destined to dissolve, loving people who must one day leave, and becoming memories...
These days, not just in India’s other states, but in J&K also, there is a sustained focus on developing a start up ecosystem. Since government jobs...
When I chose to take part in the project of conservation of manuscripts, I thought I was simply stepping into a world of ink, paper, and...
Kashmir is known as heaven on earth, but practically it has all along been a desert, a place torn apart by recurring agitation and leadership...
Once regarded as the purest representation or expression of conscience, truth appears now as a silent spectator; observing how its meaning has been...
As the shadow of winters lengthens the demand for power increases. That is the time when the concerned agency, Kashmir Power Distribution...
The National Democratic Alliance’s sweeping victory, securing 202 of the 243 Assembly seats must have come as a pleasant surprise even for the...
Dental amalgam, used in dentistry for over 160 years, contains about 50% mercury and was once preferred for its strength, low cost, and ease of...
In considering what is significant and insignificant, in asking questions that aren’t questions, and giving answers that answer nothing, we send...
Cancer! We can no longer scroll past the word as if it were a distant or alien tragedy. In Kashmir today, it’s everywhere—whispered in hospital...
Q: My hands and feet are always cold, even indoors. Should I worry? A: Cold extremities can be due to poor circulation, anemia, thyroid imbalance,...
In a cramped ward of a de-addiction centre in Srinagar, a young man, call him Omar, a composite of many real stories, traces the grain of the...
Education systems worldwide are not merely in crisis; they are in a state of productive stagnation, they consistently fail to achieve their stated...
Recent ICMR–INDIAB data reveal that over 84% of adults in Kashmir are physically inactive, one of the highest rates recorded in the country....
Post 10/11 Delhi blast, Kashmir is passing through turbulent times. All the positive narratives that it had sent to the nation after the Pahalgam...
There is something profoundly beautiful about the youth of Jammu & Kashmir. After working with them for over two decades, I often say, with...
This is regarding column “Netas vis-a-vis Babus” by Dr. Haseeb A. Drabu. Dr. Haseeb Drabu’s article, though insightful, reads like a mix of...
Across three difficult decades, Kashmir kept breathing because its people kept believing. Believing in education when schools shut. Believing in...
South Asia has been hit hard by protests; Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Pakistan are specific cases. Most of these states share common causes...
Once upon a time, the sound of hooves was the heartbeat of Kashmir’s streets. The tanga — a horse-drawn carriage — clip-clopped gracefully through...
Albert Einstein was perhaps the most influential scientist of the 20th century, whose groundbreaking theories revolutionized our understanding of...
When a college student recently began an interview in English with Dr. Farooq Abdullah, the president of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference,...
I remember the day I appeared for my first UGC-NET-JRF exam at a garrison on the outskirts of Srinagar. A student with a physical disability was...
There was an awe and a sense of wonder when I first watched The Mummy. It awakened in me a deep allure for the Egyptian civilization, its...
Children are in thrall to the mystical, hypnotic power of phone screens. They eat meals without complaint, remain calm and oblivious to the outside...
Can we compensate the loss of water bodies, mountains or forests with money? It is impossible! Damage to the environment is irreparable. There has...
The fallout of the election results from Bihar has effectively put the BJP-led NDA back in the driver’s seat in India’s politics. The NDA didn’t...