6 Future-Ready Skills for 2026 That Can Help You Stay Ahead of AI By: Javid Amin | 11 September 2026 AI Is Changing the Workplace. These 6 Skills Could Help You Stay Valuable Artificial intelligence is no longer something businesses discuss as a distant possibility. It is already being used to write and analyse documents, generate software code, summarise information, automate customer interactions, analyse data, create marketing material and support business decisions. For employees, that raises an uncomfortable question: If AI can perform more of the work, what skills will…
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The Crore-Rupee Question: Are Kashmiri Weddings Still About Marriage?
Why Kashmiri Weddings Cost So Much By: Javid Amin | 08 September 2026 A gold set here, an extra hundred guests there, a wazwan spread built to be talked about for years — in the Kashmir Valley, weddings have quietly become a currency of their own. The question worth asking isn’t how much families are spending. It’s what, exactly, they think they’re buying. Every wedding season in Kashmir produces the same whispered arithmetic. Someone’s cousin heard that a family in Batamaloo spent close to a crore. Someone’s neighbour compares gold…
Read More654 Vulnerable Villages, 7.22 Lakh at Risk: Why Jammu & Kashmir Must Rethink Disaster Preparedness
Jammu & Kashmir Disaster Preparedness Under Pressure: Can the Valley Stay Ahead of the Next Disaster? By: Javid Amin | 07 September 2026 From the 2014 floods to flash floods, cloudbursts and landslides, Jammu & Kashmir has repeatedly been reminded that geography can turn a weather event into a humanitarian crisis. The administration has expanded forecasting, emergency operations and vulnerability mapping, but the harder question remains: can warnings, plans and infrastructure reach people quickly enough when the mountains and rivers turn dangerous? There is a peculiar contradiction at the heart…
Read MoreCJP Protest at Parliament Street: Swatantra Bhardwaj Row Puts Delhi Police Under Scrutiny
CJP Protest at Parliament Street: Swatantra Bhardwaj Row Puts Delhi Police Under Fresh Scrutiny By: Javid Amin | 04 September 2026 A confrontation at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar in June has returned to the political spotlight after a video in which self-styled Hindutva influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj allegedly boasted about injuring the father of student activist Nishu Azad triggered a fresh demand for police action. The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) is set to visit Parliament Street Police Station in New Delhi on September 4, seeking stronger action against Bhardwaj in connection with…
Read MoreSonam Wangchuk Says CJP Leaders Are ‘No Saints’: Why His Remarks on Political Ambition Matter
Sonam Wangchuk on CJP Leaders: ‘No Saints’ and Political Ambitions Behind Student Movements By: Javid Amin | 30 August 2026 Activist says political aspirations are not inherently wrong—but insists student movements must remain neutral and free from party agendas Political ambition is often treated as a dirty word when it appears inside a protest movement. Activists are expected to be selfless. Student leaders are expected to remain idealistic. Public movements are often judged by how far they appear from electoral politics. Sonam Wangchuk has now challenged that assumption. The Ladakh-based…
Read MoreNepal’s Catastrophic Flash Floods Are a Wake-Up Call for Kashmir: The Himalayan Threat We Can No Longer Ignore
Nepal Flash Flood Disaster a Wake-Up Call for Kashmir: Why GLOF and Glacier Collapse Risks Can No Longer Be Ignored By: Javid Amin | 30 August 2026 What happened along the Nepal-Tibet border was not simply another mountain disaster. It was a warning from a rapidly changing Himalaya — and Kashmir has reason to listen carefully. The Himalayas have always been unpredictable. Landslides, avalanches, cloudbursts and flash floods are woven into the geography of the world’s youngest mountain range. But the catastrophe unfolding after the August 26 disaster along the…
Read MoreSajad Lone Challenges Rahul Gandhi Over Kashmir Pellet Victims: Is India’s Outrage Selective?
Sajad Lone vs Rahul Gandhi: Kashmir Pellet Victims and the Politics of Selective Outrage By: Javid Amin | 23 Aug 2026 Sajad Lone’s Question to Rahul Gandhi Is Uncomfortable — Precisely Because the Numbers Are Real There is a peculiar irony in Indian politics this week. A 19-year-old student in Delhi suffered pellet injuries during a protest. His complaint initially struggled to get an FIR registered. Rahul Gandhi went personally to the Parliament Street police station, sat through a prolonged dharna and demanded that the police register a case. Eventually,…
Read More21 Cricket Captains Unite for Imran Khan: Gavaskar, Kapil and Vengsarkar Press Pakistan Over Court-Ordered Medical Care
Imran Khan Health Row: 21 Cricket Captains, Including Gavaskar & Kapil, Appeal to Shehbaz Sharif By: Javid Amin | 23 Aug 2026 From Cricket Rivals to a Common Appeal: 21 Captains Ask Pakistan to Protect Imran Khan’s Health For decades, some of cricket’s fiercest rivalries were played out between men who rarely agreed on anything. Sunil Gavaskar and Imran Khan. Kapil Dev and Imran Khan. Greg Chappell and Imran Khan. Allan Border and Imran Khan. They competed against each other in an era when Test cricket was as much about…
Read More“200 Units Free” to Higher Bills: Why J&K’s 6.83% Power Hike Has Triggered a Political Storm
J&K Power Tariff Hike Sparks Political Storm: Opposition Calls It a “Betrayal” of 200-Unit Free Electricity Promise By: Javid Amin | 22 Aug 2026 J&K power tariff hike | 6.83% electricity tariff increase | 200 units free electricity | Omar Abdullah government | JERC tariff 2026 The electricity bill in Jammu and Kashmir has suddenly become a political bill as well. The Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC) has approved an average 6.83% increase in electricity tariffs, with the revised rates applying to consumption from September 1, 2026. The decision has…
Read MoreA Bitter Truth About Kashmir’s Work Culture: Are We Really Taking Our Jobs Too Lightly?
What if Kashmir’s biggest workplace problem isn’t a lack of talent—but a lack of accountability? A candid look at discipline, professionalism, unemployment and the uncomfortable habits we may need to change. A Bitter Truth About Kashmir’s Work Culture: Are We Holding Ourselves Back? By: Javid Amin | 20 Aug 2026 There are some conversations we avoid because they are uncomfortable. And then there are conversations we avoid for so long that they eventually become impossible to ignore. This is one of them. I know this article may invite criticism. Some…
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