Opinion

The economics of Mullah bashing and Atif Mian’s ouster from the Economic Advisory Council

In backdrop of Atif Mian’s removal from Pak Premier Imran Khan’s Economic Advisory Council, guns were trained at Mullahs for being the...

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Why male child sexual abuse is hard to report, Kashmir’s peace psychologist explains

In the backdrop of shocking news from Uri, where a 9-year-old girl was brutally raped, killed and eyes gouged out, a debate...

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On Teacher’s Day, a student recounts a ‘life-changing’ experience in the classroom

Traditionally, Teacher’s Day is a cherished date for the masses to remind themselves about the goodness of their teachers. But it’s equally...

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‘I’m a wife of a policeman, and I’m a liar!’

After insurgents responded with a rattling abduction spree in parts of southern Kashmir following police raids on their families, the deepened faultlines...

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Understanding ‘The End of History’ through the shifting sands of World Order

Wikipedia defines The End of History as a political and philosophical concept which supposes that a political, economic, or social system may...

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An affidavit to the ‘Invisible People’

Someone would have said: You people don’t know how beautiful you are. The beauty of your souls goes unnoticed, and one thing...

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Horse Riding: A culture of toughness that has lost foothold in ‘changing Kashmir’

Every human civilization is known for its cultural traits. And horse-riding being one such culture seems to have lost its footholds in...

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Understanding Imran Khan’s ‘austerity’ politics through Allama Iqbal’s poetry

Pakistan’s new premier Imran Khan has announced his arrival by sending out a loud message to his ‘fixed’ opponents with the ‘austerity’...

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The last Kashmiri guide of VS Naipaul: ‘The writer was brutally honest, generous’

When English singer-songwriters Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull were spotted holidaying in Kashmir in the early sixties, Hotel Leeward in Dal Lake...