'Even Pakistan will ditch Kashmir...'

'.. if the cost is its own survival,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd). IMAGE: Security in force in downtown Srinagar. Photograph: Umar Ganie for Rediff.com First, a lesson is in geography. The......

How Kalam can help end Kashmir's cycle of violence

Colonel Dr Anil Athale (retd) writes an open letter to former President A P J Abdul Kalam to intervene in Kashmir and start a dialogue with the people. Dear Sir, One is aware that you are away......

Kutbal excavation: Bureaucracy interrupts history

The unravelling of history of Kashmir has been caught in red-tapism as further excavation at the Kutbal archaeological site, which recently yielded signs of having been home to a first century......