Thank you for the music
The song ‘Ha Gulo’ (O! Gul or the flower-faced beloved), a Kashmiri melody that was recently released by Coke Studio, has been received very well in the Kashmir Valley. Despite…
Economic reforms: Part-XXI
When the PML-N won the 2013 elections and formed government, approaching the Fund again for a new programme was a foregone conclusion. The government wasted no time in putting the…
Tax amnesty: chasing shadows
The first-ever tax amnesty programme was announced in 300 BC in Egypt by Ptolemy V to please the priesthood and consolidate power. Since then, tax amnesties have been in vogue.…
Manifesto that won’t get you votes
Good governance, the rallying cry of digital warriors, is predicated upon the elected party's programme. Democracy requires us to vote on choices offered by competing manifestos. Parliamentary accountability demands adherence…
India’s reign of brutality
Since the beginning of a new phase of resistance against the Indian forces in Occupied Kashmir in the wake of freedom fighter Burhan Wani’s killing on July 8 2016, nearly…
Shooting a prime minister
In colonial Burma, an elephant underwent a short bout of madness, what we call mast in South Asia – it is the same word we find in Nusrat Fateh Ali…
A week of riots
For more than five days following the hanging of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto rampaging mobs in Indian-Occupied Kashmir (IoK) hauled the region into endless anarchy, plunder and destruction. Thousands of properties…
Threats, deaths and Indian democracy
A day after All Fool’s Day, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew to Jammu in Indian-occupied Kashmir to inaugurate a tunnel that would bring some credibility to the Srinagar-Jammu National…
Verdict awaited – I
In the wake of 'The Panama Papers: how the world's rich and famous hide their money offshore' (The Guardian, April 3, 2016), a debate is going on endlessly in Pakistan…
Mufti’s cosmetic compassion
The Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, Mehbooba Mufti, is back! Once again, she is wallowing publicly, displaying her puffy and syrupy eyes. Wailing to the rolling cameras of her propaganda…
