Opinion

S. Ahmad "India’s first electric train ran in 1925 on a short suburban stretch in Bombay. At Independence, only 388 route kilometres were electrified. A century later, nearly the entire Broad Gauge network runs on electric…

Peerzada Aarif "Almost all major nallahs of the valley have dried up, leaving behind lifeless streambeds. The loss of flowing water has wiped out aquatic life and reduced fish production drastically. What once sustained…

Rayees Ahmad Kumar "The novel’s playful, conversational tone lulls the reader into comfort, only to later reveal an unexpected emotional weight. What begins as humour slowly unfolds into a deeply personal and haunting…

S. Ahmad "Credit alone cannot build globally competitive enterprises. MSMEs require patient capital—equity that allows them to invest, innovate, and scale. The Self Reliant India Fund bridges this gap, making growth, not…

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,…