Opinion

Shabeer Ahmad Lone   "Digital culture has democratized imagination, allowing desire to move beyond the private mind. Yet what was once sacredly intimate now risks commodification and standardization. The challenge is not to…

Malik Nazir "In Kashmir, success is too often measured by job titles rather than competence or character. Manual work is dismissed as failure, while office jobs are glorified. This artificial division of dignity weakens society…

Aadil Zeffer "A few rupees earned from a cigarette or intoxicant may seem insignificant, but its true cost is paid by children who adopt addiction early, adults who battle disease, and communities crushed under preventable harm.…

Lalit Gargg "Gig workers have become the invisible backbone of urban life. Without them, ten-minute delivery and one-click convenience would collapse. Yet those who sustain the glittering digital economy endure the greatest…

Majid Marouphay "The silence of recruiting bodies is not mere administrative delay; it is emotional violence. When posts are not advertised and files refuse to move, it is not paper that stagnates—it is human lives." There are…

Mohammad Muzaffar Khan "Islam found a receptive ground in Kashmir because its core ideas resonated with the Valley’s ancient Trika philosophy. Both traditions emphasized divine unity, mysticism, and the pursuit of inner truth,…

S. Ahmad "What is unfolding in India is not merely technological modernisation. It is a far-reaching civilisational shift in how a democracy of 1.4 billion people imagines progress, governance, and inclusion through digital…

Mir Gowhar “Behind every statistic lies a shattered family. Mothers buried sons who never returned, and children grew up without fathers. What was falsely projected as a ‘movement’ was, for ordinary Kashmiris, a project of fear…

Qysar Ul Islam Shah “At present, Lolab survives on a single access route through Kupwara, making it one of the most isolated regions in North Kashmir. For nearly 2.7 lakh people, this isolation translates into long journeys, lost…

Jigmet Chondol The year 2025 emerged as a defining phase in Ladakh’s administrative evolution, marked by a sustained focus on good governance through digital transformation, transparency, accountability and citizen participation.…