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Haseeb Drabu

Haseeb Drabu

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Pay Commission Conundrums

Pay Commission Conundrums

Implementing the 8th Pay Commission will be good for employees, bad for the government and worse for the economy of Kashmir

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Haseeb Drabu

Security vs Statehood: A Myopic Binary

Security vs Statehood: A Myopic Binary

Statehood, a right, cannot be made a reward. It is a precursor for security and stability, not a consequence

30.05.2026 10

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Care more, Coerce less

All the stakeholders in Kashmir should ensure that addiction is viewed as a medical condition rather than a moral failing or a criminal act

14.05.2026 20

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Urdu: Ministry, Mohalla and Market

From recruitment rules to real revival, a series of countermeasures are needed to halt linguistic erasure of Urdu in Kashmir

07.05.2026 20

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Road Runner and the Chief Minister

Mocking Omar Abdullah’s marathon participation on the social media is as puerile as hailing it as a marketing message to promote Kashmir

29.04.2026 30

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Mufti Model

Sometime back an observer of Kashmir politics asked me an interesting though self-evident question: How would Mufti Sayeed have handled this situation...

22.04.2026 20

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Ugly but unsurprising

The spat between a Minister and a member in the legislative assembly was widely seen and disapproved as being a personal clash. Far from a random...

09.04.2026 30

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Slipshod and Shoddy

13.02.2026 10

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J&K Budget 2026: Khud Kafeel Kashmir

05.02.2026 10

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Industrial Incentives II: Design & Contours

22.01.2026 30

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Industrial Policy I: Context & Approach

15.01.2026 60

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2025: Hope to hardship

31.12.2025 20

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Cut the Ritual, not the Ribbon

17.12.2025 20

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Inventory Intermediation II: Crafts

04.12.2025 20

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Inventory Intermediation I: Horticulture

27.11.2025 20

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Netas vis-a-vis Babus

12.11.2025 20

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Progeny in politics

29.10.2025 20

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Do our votes matter?

16.10.2025 30

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Raj Begum: Radical, not a rebel

24.09.2025 10

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Mutton, Mimbar and Morality

10.09.2025 20

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Plan and Prepare for Statehood

27.08.2025 10

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J&K Economy: A Report Card

13.08.2025 30

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GST: Asking Grok!

30.07.2025 30

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Comedy of Commemoration

16.07.2025 10

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Reservations: Towards a Solution

04.07.2025 10

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Reservation Framework: Intent, Infirmities and Implications

03.07.2025 20

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Reservations: In lieu of a Report

02.07.2025 20

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Ek Phool Do Mali

18.06.2025 20

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Kashmir’s Magna Carta Man

10.06.2025 20

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Pesticide Practices: Need For Policy Action

15.05.2025 20

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Need For Policy Action

14.05.2025 20

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Mirwaiz: Pulpit sans Politics

30.04.2025 30

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Trouble in Trade

09.04.2025 20

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Tariff Tensions

26.03.2025 10

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Budget & Statehood

19.03.2025 20

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Band-aid Budget

12.03.2025 20

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