SRINAGAR — Suchetgarh, the last village along Line of Control (LoC) in Ranbir Singh Pura in Jammu division is surrounded by nearly 10 border villages. Barely 28 kms from Jammu, the Winter Capital of Jammu and Kashmir, Suchetgarh can be developed on the lines of Wagah Border in Amritsar in Punjab that will give boost […]
Editorial
Providing education during omicron is a big challenge!
Sheikh Mudasir Nazar Bol ki lub Azad hein taire The COVID-19 pandemic in its new varient called omicron has taken a toll on everybody, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it will continue to be the new normal for the foreseeable future. The weekned curfew has been announced while as the […]
Mobile phone Epidemic! A big recrudescence
Bol ki lub azad hein tayre Sheikh Mudasir Muneer When the mobile phone was launched in India, predominantly in Kashmir, it was weened that angels were born on earth and people used it with great enthusiasm. Systematically, mobile phones moved from affluent to average and then to the penurious. Nowadays you can’t see a herdsman […]
Women in Islam
Zubair Ul Islam — (KIMS) Fourteen hundred years ago Islam gave women rights; rights that could not have been imagined by Western counterparts. Women’s rights, responsibilities, and choices have been the subject of books, articles, essays, and lectures. But sadly however, convincing the world that Muslim women are not oppressed by Islam is a message that […]
Three Years of Lockdown Have Reduced the Princely State to a Begging Bowl
Rita F. Kurian Kashmir, exotically beautiful is known as a paradise on Earth, considered as magnificent as Switzerland, perhaps more. However, while reminiscing on Kashmir, one is reminded of John Milton’s famous epic, “Paradise Lost” and one hopes that part 2 of Milton’s “Paradise Regained” will restore its glory. Jammu and Kashmir, officially known as […]
Participation of youth in politics must for sound development of state
RIZWAN RUMI SRINAGAR — Politics has been viewed as the realm in which we attempt to make real some of our highest aspirations: our desire for political freedom, our longing for justice, our hope for peace and security. However, when it comes down to the youths of the nation, there simply is a shortage of […]
Non-seriousness of Government has put future of Kashmiri students on Crutches
ZUBAIR UL ISLAM SRINAGAR — Education is a fundamental and universal human right. Societies should make every effort to sustain it, by any means necessary. States, which are recognized under international law as duty bearers for fulfilling the right to education, bear the responsibility to facilitate and provide education, as well as respect and protect […]
Peace, not step-motherly behavior more important than ever in Kashmir
Author: Zubair Ul Islam Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir, formerly a State is a region in Southern Asia administered by India as a Union Territory. The region was converted into Union Territory on August 5, 2019 when the Special Status of Jammu and Kashmir State (Article 370 and Article 35A) was abrogated and the State was […]