Category: Kashmir People
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Understanding responsibilities
The whole administration is about two things- Respect and Justice Open Letter to President, Kashmir Administrative Officers Association. Anyways, whatever your agenda and guiding force to unite, I am here to have a positive interaction with you regarding recent incidents of unpleasant confrontation between officers of your fraternity and staff of other departments It is…
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Of private tuition centers!
Let private sector flourish, but not as a money-minting industry. It has to be a mission to teach and learn These statements of the honorable education minister in the context of existing monstrous tuition scenario in the state has opened a whole new debate and made the task of streamlining the existing education set-up more…
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Democracy and plight of Prisoners!
The recent happenings make us revise the text of democracy The worst conflict, particularly during last more than two decades has brought Kashmir to a perilous situation of death and destruction. Indian democracy is now seven decades old. In comparison to its immediate neighbours, it has flourished swiftly with the active participation of common man.…
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A grave concern
Is our healthcare system crumbling? In the absence of proper facilities most of our doctors avoid working in rural areas and for last seven decades, we are unable to provide a conducive working atmosphere for doctors and health workers in places other than big hospitals. Last month I skipped a routine appointment with cardiology department…
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A looming threat
Is Srinagar waiting patiently for another flood? The whole Kashmir valley particularly the Srinagar basin with main water carrying (draining) structures passing through its middle is sitting on a ticking ‘flood bomb’ that can explode any time with no or very little warning time. Srinagar and flood management are the two inseparable subjects and the…
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Before it’s too late
Is District Budgam heading towards an ecological disaster! Now the current falling environmental status of Kashmir is known to almost everyone! We are losing precious forest and other soil covers because of greed and vandalization. Until a few decades back, the valley of Kashmir was synonymous with untouched lofty mountain ranges, rolling meadows, virgin forest…
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J&K Bank: A bank with a mission
The Bank is not just a department that deals with money, it’s a socio-economic institution At present it is is one of the prominent banks in the country with huge deposits and investments and has diversified beyond traditional banking operations The Jammu and Kashmir Bank founded by late Maharaja Hari Singh in 1938 was a…
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The road rage
Deadly driving machines and killer roads! Our traffic system is not in good and sound shape and mainly four reasons are squarely responsible for gridlocks and never-ending death on roads. I don’t know what made us so heartless; filming painful death of a budding soul in a traffic accident and uploading it on social media…
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On braid-cutting
Psychological war or just a political stunt!! If we dissect the present braid chopping ploy it seems to have succeeded in its agenda of creating an atmosphere of extreme fear and helplessness among the people mostly the rural folk. In Kashmir we are in the middle of a conflict and unrest, so expecting rot from…
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A moment to think: Is Kashmir safe for genuine activism?
Activism is essentially an inborn trait and fewer people turn to activism after experiencing injustice in their own life. Kashmir because of its fluid political situation has suffered a lot on almost all fronts of life, particularly for impartiality and equality. May be inappropriate, but I am constrained to put a rider of genuineness with…