Reducing suicides
Suicides have proven to be the easiest of escape routes for many people especially among those whose will power is not so strong to take on the challenges that threaten them. This stands true for civilians as well as the men in uniform. In Jammu and Kashmir we have been dealing with the issue of […]
Global cop sans responsibility
What a shame it has been to witness that the ‘most powerful’ country in the world, the United States has not bothered to be part of a combined effort to develop and distribute a Covid-19 vaccine. The US has made it official that it will not work with an international cooperative effort to find a […]
Address their concerns
It was another day of protests for the Pakistani wives of former Kashmiri militants, who returned to the Valley through Nepal under a government rehabilitation scheme. These women have been demanding to be provided with domicile rights or allowed to move back as many of them have been facing various issues here. However, the demands […]
Failing on pollution control
The attention that the famed Dal Lake should have got from the government and its various agencies to control the pollution levels that are threatening its very existence have been raising eye brows once again. Just two days back the Jammu and High Court has directed Tourism department to install mini STP near Nehru Park […]
Development deficit
We are right going through the peak summer season. During this season the Jammu-Srinagar national highway used to remain open 24×7 and the supplies and movement of passenger traffic was used to move unhindered. This used to be the time when all the supplies to Kashmir valley and Ladakh used to get replenished as the […]
Needed a flood management policy
Kashmir witnessed a drought like situation for almost six month. For almost half a year we have had no or very little rain and this meant that the entire water bodies in Kashmir valley were almost dry as no drop of additional water entered their periphery. Similarly, the other rivers and tributaries that feed our […]
Rising fiscal woes
Reports that various states are facing severe cash crunch is becoming a reality now. States like Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka and Tripura are among the states reporting delays in salary payments to even healthcare workers. In Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, salaries have been delayed to staff of educational varsities also. The developments have […]
Six months of worries
It is almost six months now since the first lockdown to curtail the spread of Covid19 was announced. The deadly pandemic has since then left an indelible mark on our minds in many ways now. Not only did it have a huge impact on our health and social behavior and patterns, the virus has also […]
Failed Co-operatives
Co-operatives can have far reaching impact as they can provide answers to specific needs of underdeveloped areas like that of Jammu and Kashmir. But the co-operative movement needs support from the development community to reach its potential. As we say there is strength in numbers and the co-op movement’s founding principles can benefit the development […]
Tough stance can help
One of the major political developments viewed with great interest during the past few weeks was the Pakistan-Saudi relations. The two nations which form an important link in the Muslim block have been at logger heads to the extent that Pakistan has been quite unmindful of the repercussion it can have to bear in case […]