Shameful actions

The assurances by the state government to provide safety to the students and other businessmen in outside states have fallen flat as the attacks continue on the Kashmiri youth in various outside states. The attacks have in fact increased in intensity as the various states where these attacks have taken place have failed to take […]
Let’s create avenues for peace and harmony

By Mohammad Ashraf The incidents of violence in Kashmir are not new or novel before the world community. These incidents have been taking place here since three decades. Every Kashmiri suffered either directly or indirectly. We have a good population of orphaned children. We have a good number of maimed persons. We have a good […]
Education must be transformative
By Faizan Bashir Education is not about merely learning facts, it is more than this. In essence, education must be transformative. But, alas, education is neither transformative nor does it inculcate moral and ethical values, especially in the context of Kashmir. It’s very much unfortunate that we are oblivious of both Islam and modern education. […]
Pashmina Artisans and their sufferings
By Hakim Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri artisans were once a vibrant, dynamic and prosperous people with a thriving self-sufficient economy. But how had they come to be so? With 700 followers descended upon the land of Kashmir, a sufi saint, Mir Syed Ali Hamdani from Persia is the one who shaped and changed Kashmir for ever-both […]
Social justice holds the aims of equal opportunity
By Vinod Chandrashekhar Dixit Social justice and equality is a significant issue in almost all societies around the world. 20th February was celebrated as the World Day of Social Justice proclaimed by United Nations General Assembly in 2007 in accordance with the goals and objectives of the World Summit for Social Development. Globally, injustice exists […]