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Is E-commerce boom hurting Kashmir’s traditional markets?

November 23, 2015November 23, 2015 Editor

Boom or Bust Go into an upscale neighbourhood of the city and chances are you would run into a motorbike-borne man riding with a big rucksack on his back. Every morning, hundreds of such men ride out from their office spaces in Srinagar in the morning with bags full of goods to deliver them at the homes of the buyers. Welcome to e-commerce in the Kashmir valley. As the growth of the internet spikes, more and more internet users are realizing buying online has many benefits. Apart from having to…

Back To Dark Ages

November 23, 2015November 23, 2015 Editor

Kashmir possesses huge capacity to harness hydro-electricity and does produce an impressive amount of electricity. But, inspite of these very facts the power situation deteriorates as soon as winter sets in, and most of the areas of Kashmir are thrown into darkness with never ending load shedding. As a matter of fact, the power generation in Kashmir, which is said to be capable of generating more than 20000 MW power, seems by and large a Delhi-controlled affair as State government has failed to bring back the ownership of several power…

Kashmir’s Gone Halcyon Days

November 21, 2015 Editor

From self-sufficiency to dependency Daanish Bin Nabi Till 1953, Kashmir was self-sufficient and did not import anything apart from salt, tea and clothing. However, the political coup and the subsequent arrest of Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah on August 8, 1953 changed the political as well as economic course of Kashmir. In 1947, the import-export ratio of Kashmir’s trade was 1:3, indicating that Kashmir had a surplus trade. But 68 years down the line this ratio has taken a u-turn. Today the trade ratio of import-export of Kashmiri goods stands…

Mahjoor: The Patriot

November 20, 2015 Editor

Mansha Ashraf Peerzada Ghulam Ahmad Mahjoor commonly known as Shair-e-Kashmir is one of the most remarkable lyrical poet of modern Kashmiri poetry. Eminent poet of India Rabindranath Tagore always referred to Mahjoor as Wordsworth of Kashmiri poetry. He was born in Mitrigam, Pulwana on August 11, 1887. Mahjoor first worked as a patwari (village accountant). During these years he got an opportunity to spend many years in various parts of Jammu and Kashmir including Leh and Kargil. As a result of his stay he started to learn the richness and…

Dynastic Succession

November 19, 2015 Editor

There had been a strong rumour that Mehbooba Mufti may take over as the State Chief Minister soon. Now, Mufti Sahab himself has confirmed that she may take over as the State Chief Minister. He declared that she is not only capable but deserves to be the Chief Minister because of the tremendous work done by her on the ground. One would not question her capability or tremendous ground work even during peak of militancy but the moot point is why there has to be only dynastic succession? If Mufti…

Autumn of my love

November 19, 2015 Editor

Dr Qayum Hamid Changal Autumn or ‘Harud’ is not same abroad. Dwelling here on one island in Maldives, it’s nostalgic when I see the pictures of golden Chinar posted on Facebook. Sometimes my receptors nudge its fragrance, but it’s all imaginary. It is an art beyond all the expressions, God’s own painting brushed with perfection and refinement. Though I’m not there in the bosom of my love—Kashmir, yet her beauty allures my heart and mind. It may look insanity for many, but I wish it to prevail till all my…

Examinations and Evaluation Reforms

November 17, 2015 Editor

Dr. Nazir Ahmad Gilkar To sustain an innovative practice, the 4th post ESE-Workshop on Examinations and Evaluation Reforms was held on November 2, 2015 at Central University of Kashmir. Through this platform faculty of the university got an opportunity to share mutual experiences and thoughts. The workshop spread over four micro-presentations, activity based and open-house sessions. The Vice Chancellor of University of Kashmir Prof Khurshid Iqbal Anrabi, in his inaugural address called for complete revamping of examinations and evaluation system in higher education sector. Vice Chancellor of Central University of…

Modi visit: At cost of people’s freedom

November 16, 2015 Editor

Kashoo Tawseef Right to live that too in one’s own place is an inalienable birth and basic human right of any individual anywhere in the world as Nelson Mandela said, “To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.” Jammu Kashmir is an example of such challenge to humanity where this right is being violated every day and night. This time, Prime Minster Narendra Modi was visiting Jammu Kashmir to attend various meetings and address few rallies, good for him. But question remains why people of Jammu…

In Kashmir’s Blood politics, the innocent is always the loser

November 16, 2015 Editor

By Raqib Hameed Naik The death of a young man in Kashmir no longer bothers the mainstream media, even if it happens in the wake of PM Modi’s visit to the Valley. Even for the Kashmiri people, such news have become so common, that it would take weeks to calculate similar, unaccounted murders of civilians at the hands of security forces over a given period. Gowher Nazir Dar, 22, had all the traits of a ‘common’ Indian youth: he was studying engineering, his family had high hopes from him and…

Kashmiriyat, Jamhuriyat, Insaniat

November 14, 2015 Editor

Zafar Choudhary On the early morning of November 16, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed will be in Goa presenting a ‘special address’ at an ‘India Ideas Conclave’ on the much talked about but little understood subject of ‘Kashmiriyat, Jamhuriyat, Insaniat’. The conclave is host¬ed by India Foundation, a newly emerged powerful think tank run mainly by BJP members, including Ministers, and ideologues. Past its sell by date long ago, the ‘Kashmiriyat, Jamhuriyat, Insaniat’ slogan was coined in bits and pieces between 2000 and 2002 by the BJP veteran Atal Behari…