Replaying | August 9, 1953 -the story of the night Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah was dismissed, arrested and jailed in a midnight operation run from Srinagar Raj Bhawan as Nehru supervised minute-to-minute details from Delhi thedispatch.in/sheikh-sacked-…

My narrow escape in Dhaka: A personal story Watch full story at this link: youtu.be/EeqLMsxfTow?si…

The CBI-ED case against National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah was the topmost highlight of post August 2019 official political narrative against the pre 2019 politics. In fact, Dr Abdullah was subjected to questioning by ED a day before he led NC delegation to meet

یوم آزادی مبارک | स्वतंत्रता दिवस की शुभकामनाएँ

That the election commission will take a call as early as by this afternoon was probably no one’s guess! In Jammu and Kashmir this looks like race against time to do certain things before 3pm. At least 156 IAS, IPS, JKAS and JKPS officers including five DCs and ten district

Finally, first elections to the legislative assembly of “New Jammu and Kashmir” Watch full video here: youtu.be/irqdgiUuZI4?si…

Jammu & Kashmir Elections | Nature of contest, parties and rivals | #PollCast2024, Ep 2 Watch full video here: youtu.be/RkCWbaSEzVs?si…

These elections will see more defections than ever before. Habitual party hoppers with no ideological integrity will keep jumping in search power. Some defections can always have potential to alter electoral dynamics. However, somebody quitting Apni Party to join BJP has to

This episode of #PollCast2024 is specially dedicated to friends engaged in scholarship, research, analysis and journalist. Watch full video: youtu.be/EqIGsbmRRkc?si… An essential reading list on Jammu and Kashmir elections, PollCast, Ep3

What could be a poll manifesto for ‘new’ Jammu and Kashmir? #PollCast2024, Ep4 Watch full video here: youtu.be/59jEr_9fqhU?si…

Seriously? I couldn’t resist sharing this!

Fate of BJP candidates for the first phase just sealed on this table! Now all eyes on NC-Congress combine

BJP’s first list of 44 candidates from across three phases is out. Many party veterans and 2014 winners such as Kavinder Gupta, Sat Sharma, Sukhnandan, Nirmal Singh, Bali Bhagat etc have been dropped. Most new entrants have got tickets. Despite obviously difficult decisions, the

BJP has withdrawn the list! Not a good omen to start with

Stopped at this place for some quick work. Behind me is Koteranka Valley in Rajouri district where I spent five most memorable years of my life as a student at the JNV from 1987 to 1992. I have a deeply emotional connection with Koteranka. Around the time I was a student here, my

Just in case the BJP loses Mata Vaishno Devi-Katra, Reasi, Bahu, Jammu South, Doda East, Kishtwar, Ramban Kalakote-Sunderbani or Nowshera, the informal Advisors of Justice Ranjna Desai Commission must take the blame with grace

A clip from my participation in the NDTV show on Jammu and Kashmir elections earlier this evening

#ElectionsWithNDTV | "Significant election and great win for democracy post constitutional changes" : Zafar Chaudhary (Zafar Choudhary), Editor, The Dispatch #JammuAndKashmirElections

My contribution with the NDTV this morning