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Time for J&K people and Centre to walk to each other in 2024

Jammu and Kashmir will have to redefine itself in 2024 building upon all what it achieved and learnt in 2023 that ended on a near-perfect note. For Kashmir, it is not just a…
India must maintain a strategic balance between Maldives and China

The Malidive-India row following the derogatory remarks made on social media platform by three Maldivian ministers has to be handled with extreme care diplomatically. It is a time when India must maintain…

South India is still far away from BJP which dominates the North

Can the enormous popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi help the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) achieve electoral success in the southern states? The Party is seeking to gain more voters in the…
A teacher par excellence

I was in grade 7 or 8 when Wasi Ahmed Shamsi sahab joined B D Y High School as an Urdu and Persian teacher. Tucked away on the bank of a pond…
Lilting songs of Rahul Dev Burman still uplift spirits of listeners; he passed away 30 years ago

It is difficult to imagine that thirty years have passed since the demise of R.D. Burman. His music continues to live among us although he died on Jan 4th, 1994. The end…
Ram Temple story is more political than religious

The grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya is all dressed up for the inauguration of the Ram temple on January 22 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It is fulfilling a longstanding dream of…
Ram Temple mobilization: How different is 2024 from early 1990s?

A significant difference between the massive mobilization by the Bharatiya Janata Party in early 1990s and now is that then it was in opposition and struggling to expand its support base, while…

Naya saal mubaarak: Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai…

In addition to the nayé saal ki shubhh kaamnaayeiñ, I want for myself (selfish fellow?) Absence of lockdowns, free availability of oxygen, enough hospital beds, civic sense ensuring masks all the time…
Decriminalising medical negligence

Decriminalising medical negligence in the new criminal Bill, the government may have taken an unpopular decision but they have tried to make it clear that doctors cannot be treated at par with…
Farooq Abdullah’s home truths on peace in Kashmir must be heard by Delhi

The tallest leader of Kashmir and former chief minister Farooq Abdullah has spoken home truths about how to get rid of terrorism and restore peace in Jammu and Kashmir, putting the onus…
Rajouri-Poonch terror attack in army and compounded narratives

At a time when the national narrative was focused on the ever-expanding time and space of normalcy and peace in Jammu and Kashmir, terrorists struck a big blow to the army, killing…
Semi-final cleared, will Modi clear the final?

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s hold on the Hindi heartland continues to remain rock solid as shown by the results of the latest Assembly elections. However, those who take these election results as…
Female prisoners face gender bias, are overcrowded, live in polluted conditions and suffer custodial rape

Over the last decade, as per the Prisons Statistics India reports, the number of incarcerated women in India has risen significantly, climbing from 15,037 in 2010 to 17,834 in 2015 and reaching…
Article 370: SC verdict puts an end to ‘pointless’ controversy

Kashmir, as Jannat-e-Benazir, was hailed by bards and poets. The poetic dream is now shattered!The Hindutva brigade agenda of abrogation of Article 370 haunted the nation for well over 70 years. It…
Why Revanth Reddy should traverse the course slow and steady

To put it symbolically, the Congress tri-colored palm has shoved the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) car off the highway. And the credit undoubtedly goes to Anumula Revanth Reddy. Given the party chief’s…