Author: Fida Iqbal
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Looming floods!
We need a long term strategy to save ourselves from this disaster. Floods can only be managed to minimize damages during and after the event and not controlled as most of the people think. 2014 floods washed everything in its way and left a lasting mark on our psyche. People are yet to come out…
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Loud and Clear!
An election without a mandate, but with a message! Farooq Abdullah is here to represent the people of Srinagar Parliamentary constituency. The constituency with little less than thirteen lakh registered voters will be represented by a politician who managed to earn the approval of only forty-eight and half thousands of voters. Many people in Kashmir…
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Why waste water?
Kashmir’s water scenario needs attention! Water and air are two most important elements of life on earth. No living being can survive without water and quality clean water is the ultimate requirement for the existence of human beings. Water has been a source of conflict and strife between nations and countries since long. During last…
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On turncoats
They have made politics a dubious affair… Srinagar and Anantnag by-elections have again set the election ball rolling in a big way. Many political pundits considered this election a referendum for PDP, BJP coalition, a coalition that raised many eyebrows from the day one. And for National Conference (NC), Congress alliance it is a tough…
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Change the format
Is it time to revisit Indian parliamentary system of democracy? Since the evolution of civilization mankind has simultaneously been trying to look for a perfect form of authority (governance) on earth. At present, comparatively better civilized societal order democracy cannot be denied its justifiable place in the system of governance even after possessing several gaps.…
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Minister’s cousin!
Don’t we have an identity of our own? The first lesson of social science taught almost everywhere, reads ‘man is a social animal’. It implies that humankind lives in a societal structure within a complex organization of very close and distant relations. The distinct social fabric of mankind distinguishes and puts it above all animal…
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Kashmir tourism and environment!
The two are inseparably linked. Next to horticulture if properly explored within the parameters of the ecosystem, tourism is the most significant for Kashmir’s economy and employment. Tourism has a long history in Kashmir, Europeans gave direction and push to Kashmir tourism by introducing Kashmir, its natural beauty and adventure prospects to outside world. They…
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Fix the responsibility
Reinvigorating horticulture sector and checking spurious pesticides. Horticulture, tourism, and handicrafts are the three important sectors that contribute substantially to earning and employment of people of Kashmir. With diverse agro-climatic advantages, horticulture is the most vital sector in the state that involves a large section of the population particularly in rural Kashmir. With more than…
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Topsy turvy administration!
We have round pegs in square holes… My earnest request will be, in any case not to interpret these lines as an endorsement of any wrongdoing or disapproval of justified administrative action. Ad-hoc-ism has been running the affairs of our administration since long. Earlier it was a compulsion in the absence of qualified human resource…
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A flourishing industry
Of flawed career management and transfer policy. Before highlighting flawed cadre management of government employees and growing favoritism in transfers of officers and officials under the political influence, it will be unfair not to appreciate the recent circular issued by the government through general administration department to discourage any outside influence in effecting the transfer…