Editorial

The hype given to Kashmir part of J and K State has created an impression in the world that the state as a whole comprises of Kashmir alone. However this vast state has three distinct regions of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. These regions have…
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Call it irony or coincidence that at a time when India and Pakistan are at a stand-off situation on the borders the joint sharing of this year's Nobel Peace Prize by India's Kailash Satyarthi with Pakistani child rights activist Yousafzai…
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Kuldip Nayar My hunch is that Gujarat's map of India showing Arunachal Pradesh with dotted lines,suggesting a disputed territory, was at the instance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Gujarat is his backyard and he can have anything done…
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Rajesh Singh The 1950s presented many occasions to New Delhi to push for a Tibet free from Chinese control. But Prime Minister Nehru failed to rise to the occasion. As a consequence, China is now 'up to our gates' Spiritual leader Dalai…
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Sitaram Yechury The latest incident of the dismissal of 11 Dalit students from a BJP state government-run school in Bikaner, Jaipur, on the grounds that they were drinking water from an earthen pot earmarked for an upper caste teacher once…
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Hopping between one crisis to another, life has never been smooth in J and K State. Nature has been playing havoc creating trying conditions with the government and administration playing truants and failing to come up to the expectations…
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Faced with another piquant situation more than 15,000 families living all along the borders of Jammu division are uprooted from their hearths for no fault of theirs. The constant ceasefire violations by Pakistan all along the International…
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 Devinder Sharma Flood waters in Srinagar are receding. But after the death toll has been estimated, the compensation for human life and economic loss paid out, and the city slowly limps back to normalcy, it is time to get to the most…
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Mahesh Kaul Heritage preservation is both historic and scientific process and it cannot be carried out in ad hoc manner and implemented like other construction and building processes. The main aim of the techniques is to maintain the time…
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Rajdeep Sardesai Indian voters have a knack of surprising political pundits. Just a few weeks ago, Narendra Modi and Amit Shah could do no wrong; now, after a series of byelection reverses, the Modi-Shah duo is being blamed for losing the…
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