Category: Articles

Transfer industry flourishes in the garb of Own Pay and Grade! In a recent ruling single bench of Jammu and Kashmir High court has taken a serious note and disapproved government’s policy of stop-gap and in-charge arrangements in engineering departments. The court observed “the officers at different levels are pushed to endless litigations and instead…

…And Kashmir continues to bleed! Under the existing political scheme of power and greed the death of young a boy at Nadihal Bandipora is ‘another’ death of a lesser soul who is of least importance and insignificant value! This is the brand of politics that is practiced and thriving in Kashmir. Kashmir, once abode of…

The administration should act with an iron hand in the interest of the public…. In the first week of March three important news items about bounding success in Jammu and Kashmir Cable Car Corporation (JKCCC), astounding decline in JK Cements and willful indifference within Rajbagh Silk Factory were prominently covered by the local press. All…

But there is no reason for us to lose hope…. The recent weekend comment in this newspaper on March 1, 2014 titled “Making our urban space green” and another write-up by town planer Shafat Ahamad ( GK, 28 February 2014) titled “Vandalization of Srinagar Landscape” prompted me to write these lines. Till seventies of the last…

Rules are to be enforced to save roads from chaos…. Every highway in Kashmir is full of chaos and at present Srinagar city in particularly is facing the worst possible traffic confusion. In the absence of proper contingency plan the ongoing work on proposed flyover from Jahangir chowk to Rambagh crossing has worsened the situation.…

Diminishing returns in agriculture and looming food crisis… Jammu and Kashmir government’s Economic Survey 2013-14, tabled during the ongoing budget session of state Legislative Assembly portrays a dismal picture of states agriculture sector.  The survey reveals a key but weakening aspect of farming sector—the constantly increasing food grain imports. Huge import of 10 lakh metric…

Politics and administration entrenched in sleaze! Every accused is innocent, until proven guilty after due process of law and this holds true for one and all irrespective of their status and stature.The recent alleged act of disgrace by a politician holding the constitutional post if proved true will be a blot on the face of…

One wonders how they are playing with our innocence… Either we have failed as a nation or we are so gullible that any Tom, Dick and Harry with ulterior motives and nefarious designs can exploit our innocence!  Both hanging of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and tragic death of Zia-ul-Haq made us to agitate on streets of…

The testing field for Army and CBI… On 20 March 2000, on the eve of American President Bill Clinton’s visit to the Subcontinent more than thirty innocent Sikhs were killed by unidentified gunmen at Chattisinghpora hamlet in Anantnag district. The killing was most unfortunate incident in trouble torn valley of Kashmir with a motivated purpose…

…The glory is gone! Kashmir and its people are privileged to have more than five thousand years of recorded history. The historical chronicles like Rajatarangini, hundreds of other manuscripts and archeological sites spread in length and breadth of Kashmir valley confirm the glorious past of Kashmir. Parihaspora is one such archeological treasure situated on a…