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India Needs Wealth Reforms To Dismantle ‘Modern Economic Feudalism’

Poverty today is the absence of assets, not just income. Structural reforms—progressive wealth taxation, capital gains parity, and universal basic services—are the only durable...

Shah Waliullah Dehlavi Matters More Than Ever For Muslim Unity

The great reformer’s treatment of fiqh differences as intellectual richness, his bay'ah in multiple Sufi orders, and his revival of Hadith literature constitute a...

A Letter To Kind Hearts In A Harsh World

Stay gentle, stay kind, and remember your softness is your strength Farhat Jabeen Dear Kind People, In a world that often celebrates speed, aggression, and toughness, it...

Late-Night Meals Are Damaging Kashmiris’ Health. It’s Time To Break The Habit.

Safeguarding heritage cannot come at the cost of health. Simple, science-backed changes can restore wellbeing. Amaar Mir The tradition of eating late at night is deeply...

Why The US-India Trade Deal Is More About Geopolitics Than Economics

Trade agreements rarely announce revolutions; they quietly reveal hierarchies. The recent agreement between Washington and New Delhi is less a commercial breakthrough than a...

Beyond The Reels: Is Comparison Culture Killing Confidence In Jammu & Kashmir?

A person’s worth cannot be measured in pixels. We must encourage the younger generation to look away from the digital mirror and back into...

J&K Wildlife Dept to conduct Asian Waterfowl Census across Kashmir’s wetlands today

The annual population estimation of migratory birds will cover major sites like Hokersar, Wular and Shallabugh, with students and Wetland Mitras actively participating in...

How India’s Bureaucratic Culture Undermines Constitutional Dignity

Procedural inertia and unpunctuality violate the spirit of justice, equality, and the right to life. It creates a system that especially burdens the poor...

Kashmir’s Academia Is Failing Its Language In The Age Of Science

To prevent the mother tongue from becoming a relic, there is a need for translation wings, interdisciplinary research, and scientific journals in Kashmiri. Scholars...

From Saffron Fields To Smart Screens: How AI Is Reshaping Life In Jammu And Kashmir

An unprecedented deployment of Artificial Intelligence is boosting farming, healthcare, and security in in India's most sensitive region. However, civil liberties groups raise questions...

Fate, Explained: What Psychology, Philosophy, And Religion Agree On

While fate can buffer the mind against chaos, its overuse leads to passivity. The challenge is to acknowledge its unapologetic authority without surrendering the...

Power Privilege And Silence: What The Epstein Files Reveal About Our System

Dr Tanveer Ahmed The Jeffrey Epstein case is not simply the story of one wealthy individual accused of crimes. It has become a symbol of...

Student Speaks: Moral education is our greatest hope

Zia Mustafa Moral development in a student involves learning good values, rights, acceptable behaviour, and positive habits that help shape a person into a good...

Power, Moral Collapse, And Sacred Symbols: The Epstein Affair And The Moral Crisis Of Modern Elite

A civilisational reading of the Epstein affair in the light of Abrahamic scriptures Prof Hamid Naseem Rafiabadi Introduction When power detaches from moral restraint The Jeffrey Epstein affair...

Reading Between The Lines Of Union Budget 2026

The budget continues a trend of the state socializing risk for private infrastructure projects, a move that spurs growth but may quietly compromise public...

On The Menu: How The Middle Powers Sacrificed Gaza To Save Themselves

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney sounded more like a populist leader than a former central banker during his address at the World Economic Forum...

The Urgent Need For Career Counselling In Kashmir

Talent is abundant but direction is scarce. A systemic change – from school-level counselling to regulated coaching centres – to illuminate the path for...

Why The US-India Trade Deal Spells Trouble For Apples & Carpets

The ‘landmark’ deal threatens apple farmers with duty-free US imports and saddles carpets with a 6x higher tariff. The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce &...

Polluted Drains Threaten Public Health And Environment in Pulwama

What were once functional water channels are now open dumping grounds, signalling a breakdown in waste management, planning, and collective responsibility that demands immediate...

Are We Prepared? Emerging And Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases In Kashmir

Dr Musawir Mohsin Parsa (PT) Kashmir has long been admired for its natural beauty and resilient people, but beneath the picturesque landscape lies a growing...

The Unregulated Rise Of Social Media Journalists In J&K Calls For A New Policy

The explosive growth of social media journalists, operating without accreditation or ethical codes, demands a new policy—not for censorship, but to professionalize the space...

Kashmir’s Development Must Adhere To Environmental Law

Despite commendable policies on paper, the bypassing of flood norms and inconsistent mining regulation reveal a gap between legal intent and ground reality, pushing...

How A Former Bureaucrat Found His True Voice In Music

Kashish Mittal’s quiet U-turn from power to passion challenges our definitions of success and offers a lesson in listening to the ‘hunger of the...

How Civilisations Have Sought Meaning And Salvation Through Suffering

From Greek reason and Abrahamic faith to Buddhist insight and modern psychology, this article posits that human transformation, empathy, and meaning are forged not...

Politics Never Wants Your Problems To End. Your Problems Are Their Source Of Income.

The closer you look at politics, the more you see a game of power where the people's role is merely to provide votes and...

Setbacks may slow you down, but resilience will carry you forward

In the fierce competition for PSC, NEET, and UPSC, the real battle is internal. Your potential isn't measured by one result, but by your...

Shh! Shaharbeen Is On: A Love Letter To Radio Kashmir’s Most Unforgettable Programme

NOSTALGIA Even in the age of social media, the magic of listening together during power cuts and snowfall can't be streamed. This is an ode...

When Radios Trembled And Childhood Prayed For Sixes

In an era before screens, India-Pakistan matches were a shared faith, heard on hidden radios in classrooms, powered by truck batteries in mohallas, and...

Why Is Today’s Youth Worried?

The youth are not weak, they are overwhelmed. The path forward requires families, educators, and society to shift from criticism to compassion, from transactional...

The Dard Shin Star: Muhammad Ramzan Khan, The Unsung Hero Of Gurez

RTI pioneer, cultural guardian, environmentalist—the story of a Dard Shin warrior who spent his later years fighting for his language, his forests, and truth....

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