Building a Future through Sports
Martand Singh On a recent visit to Srinagar, I was struck by the silence of the once bustling streets, shops and shikaras on the Dal Lake. The tragic Pahalgam attack of April 22ndhas dealt a…
Category: Op-Ed
Pakistan’s war option and India’s strategic response
K N Pandita, Fatima Baloch knp627@gmail.com Pakistan finds itself entangled on multiple fronts;careworn with deep internal unrest and mounting external pressure. The security situation in Balochistan has deteriorated sharply, with the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA)…
Asia Cup 2025 in Dubai was a complete package of humiliation for Pakistan
-Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo India yet again won the Cricket Asia Cup 2025 championship in Dubai on 28th September 2025. It was a Sunday and as usual Pakistan got defeated in the final match losing to…
GST 2.0 – The Thread of Change Weaving India’s Textile Dreams into Reality
Shri Giriraj Singh, Union Minister of Textiles July 1, 2017 witnessed India’s boldest economic reform in decades. On that monsoon morning, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) replaced 17 different taxes and 13 cesses…
Exposing the crisis in POJK and Gilgit-Baltistan
Brig Dr Vijay Sagar Dheman iijsajammu@gmail.com In the snow-laden valleys and turbulent mountain passes of Pakistan-Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (POJK), a longstanding, covert injustice has afflicted two regions, so called -Azad Jammu Kashmir (SO CALLED…
Emblazoning the skies: From ‘drig road’ to ‘Op Sindoor’
Col Satish Singh Lalotra slalotra4729@gmail.com Of all the three services of the armed forces, the air power, aka the air force of any nation, has the quickest reach, lethality, shock effect, and charisma within itself…
Omar Abdullah’s Broken Promises and Regional Vendetta
The Betrayal of Jammu & Kashmir Dr Abhijeet Jasrotia In October 2024, Omar Abdullah, the scion of the National Conference (NC) dynasty, assumed the mantle of Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Jammu &…
Wildlife Conservation in Jammu & Kashmir
Dr Neeraj Sharma nirazsharma@gmail.com Conservation is more than protecting forests, rivers, wetlands or wildlife. It is about people as much as the planet. Efforts that focus solely on habitat protection without engaging and empowering local…
Jammu Province: The Forgotten Frontier of Economic Prosperity
Virender Koundal virender_koundal@rediffmail.com Jammu province of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir stands today at a crossroads of economic neglect, political marginalization, and repeated human suffering. Historically known as the gateway to the Himalayas,…
Circular economy- enabling Viksit Bharat 2047
Prof K S Chandrasekar vc@clujammu.ac.in Indian economy has increased tenfold in the last three decades and is projected to be the third largest, with an estimated GDP of $7.3 trillion by 2030. Jostling for the…