Author: Fida Iqbal
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Accountability matters
Towards a corruption-free system where a common man doesn’t suffer Our state against all odds has succeeded in establishing institutions to safeguard impartiality and accountability within the administration and for the last more than a decade, these institutions have evolved to the level of credible organizations of fairness. As a humble Kashmiri with very little…
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Making sun city brighter
Draft Srinagar Master Plan (2015-2035) We have to have a holistic approach and plan that can accommodate its culture, heritage and specified patches of its unique olericulture and micro-horticulture activities within and on the peripheries of the city. Last week I had a chance to attend a function at The Institute of Engineers (Srinagar Chapter)…
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On GST!
It’s the new political bait in Kashmir Whether in present shape or with some modifications GST is not going to deliver wonders and change the plight of people of Kashmir.. Tax paying is as old as civilization. The only thing that matters and at times worries is the intent and quantum of taxation. GST (Goods…
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Ashtangoo calling!
This tragic chapter urges us to think about our survival. Sooner the better We have to have a strategy where we will make way for resolution of long-pending Kashmir conflict through peaceful means Ashtangoo is a beautiful hamlet located on the banks of Wular Lake—Asia’s one of the largest freshwater lakes. Most of the habitations…
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Permanently hostile
The Indo-Pak antagonism can be rightly known as seven decades old rot but not so deep a conflict that cannot be settled amicably with the proper application of mind and negotiating skills. India and Pakistan exist with a complete hostile mindset against each other for the last seven decades—from the day of their emergence in…
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A double tragedy
Hospital with an agenda and a barber with a mission! Over the period of time, health and education establishments in private sector have grown rapidly in Kashmir. And with very little exceptions, to a great extent, both sectors have grown for wrong (exploitative) reasons. No one would oppose resourceful and authentic infrastructure development in health…
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Aiyar’s mission
But certain questions stare us in the face. For the last many years several official and unofficial individuals and groups tried to restore negotiation channels and break the ice regarding long-lasting stalemate in Kashmir. In addition to these overt efforts some behind the curtain communication networks—track two options were always live but without any significant…
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On writers: It’s a creative expression of your opinion subject to any interpretation
Articulating views and opinions through words is not that easy and simple as most people think. Very often writing is described as an intellectual skill of placing ideas and opinions in black and white but personally I find writing as an inborn trait of representing oneself and his societal and environmental vicinities. Anyways, whatever the…
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Clean the administration.
These nauseating exploiters are destroying the very fabric of our system. Autocrats, because of their obsessive hostility towards masses, were compelled to encourage and have sycophants around them who would work as their eyes and ears. The autocratic system was prone to influence of powerful oligarchies comprising mostly of sickening exploiters and the nepotists. However,…
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Hope peace prevails
If it doesn’t, Kashmir politics will be heading towards disaster? With the arrival of Durbar, Kashmir politics, as usual, is bound to get hotter. The battlefield has shifted to beautiful but now much-charged environs of Kashmir. All stakeholders have their fingers crossed with a long cherished wish to have a calm summer this year, may…