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There is no need to abandon all hope. Few days back ‘The Age’ and ‘Sydney Morning Herald’ newspaper’s South Asia correspondent asked for my views on Kashmir’s failing Eco-system, particularly the plight of ‘Dal’ Lake. He was here to do a story on this vital issue for his readers back home in Australia. During our…

The best system we have made the worst of. Democracy is the only best system of governance in present contemporary global scenario of all-round progress. The four pillars of democracy—Legislature, Executive, Judiciary and Press (precisely, the right of information) are inseparable and any one of them cannot deliver without the forceful existence of the other…

It can add to the market value of our traditional tourism Last week, I had an opportunity to attend two- day workshop related to ecotourism, organized by Eco – tourism society of India in collaboration with many other tourism related organizations at Srinagar. The theme of the workshop was “ practicing responsible tourism ”. Many…

Was interlocution on Kashmir all thunder, no rain? The story of much hyped interlocutors on Kashmir will end on October 12, when they will be submitting their final recommendations. It remains to be seen, and only time will tell whether the recommendations will be unanimous or marred by the eccentric behaviour of the individual members.…

On Mercy Corps report about survival and empowerment. Mercy Corps, a US-based Non Governmental Organization in its recent report has made interesting revelations regarding the economic health, crumbling infrastructure and unfair administration of prospective revenue generating segments in Kashmir. The optimistic side of the report is quite encouraging and unlocks vistas of prosperity and growth…

Is ‘Kashmir’ really a money game? Julian Assange headed Wikileaks stirred the world political landscape by releasing classified leaked information particularly diplomatic cables. Since Wikileaks came into prominence, rumors were rife that Assange and his ‘Wikileaks’ are front for some intelligence agency or government. Assange vehemently denies any affiliation but only time will tell how…

For technical jobs there must be technical hands! Nepotism and preferential treatment in administration was rife during autocracy but in certain fields’ qualification, ability and merit was always given due consideration. This was not necessarily by choice but because of technical compulsion and requirements. In 1947, with high hopes, we ushered into new era of…

This Eid eve gesture will help bring calm to the valley. Omar grants amnesty to stone pelters. This compassionate gesture of the state administration and its leadership was long due as most of the youth arrested in cases of stone pelting are young students and were supposed to be in their classrooms rather than being…

Is there any medicine available to cure this? Confrontation between doctors and patients; death of patients due to alleged negligence of doctors; interference of attendants and several other such reprehensible incidents are a routine in our hospitals and healthcare centers. This insensitive attitude of healthcare administration towards patients and highhandedness of certain bad elements in…

No end in sight to the town’s sufferings..! Sopore, a historic town of north Kashmir, founded by the famous engineer and irrigation minister Suyya during the reign of King Avantivarman in 880 AD and was named Suyya-pur. History of Sopore reveals it had always stood against tyranny. After the crucial uprising of 1931 against the…