Smriti covers an intersection of politics and governance. Having spent over a decade in journalism, she combines old fashioned leg work with modern story telling tools.
Articles by Smriti Kak Ramachandran
Rehabilitation packages alone will not win over Kashmiri Pandits
Separated by 25 years of mistrust, rehabilitation packages can do only so much to win over Kashmiri Pandits.
Updated on Jan 18, 2016 11:11 PM IST
PDP unhappy with Centre’s job scheme, says it has alienated locals
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has picked holes in the Centre’s ambitious skill and job training programme, Udaan, for educated, unemployed youth in Jammu and Kashmir.
Published on Jan 10, 2016 09:51 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Smriti Kak Ramachandran, New Delhi
After Sayeed’s demise, coalition quirks to test Mehbooba’s mettle
The death of her father, chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, on Thursday morning catapulted Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti into Jammu and Kashmir’s political centrestage amid anxiety whether she would be able to keep her flock together.
Updated on Jan 08, 2016 12:25 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Smriti Kak Ramachandran and Toufiq Rashid
No threat to J-K coalition if Mehbooba becomes CM: BJP
The BJP and the RSS have indicated that the change in leadership in Jammu and Kashmir with the elevation of PDP’s Mehbooba Mufti as chief minister will not affect the coalition and the terms of the alliance are unlikely to be altered.
Updated on Jan 01, 2016 12:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Smriti Kak Ramachandran, New Delhi
Advani urges Modi to take forward Vajpayee’s Pak initiative
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surprise Lahore visit, BJP veteran L K Advani said that Modi and other leaders in government should work to carry forward Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s initiative for improving Indo-Pak ties and get rid of problem of terrorism.
Updated on Dec 26, 2015 10:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Smriti Kak Ramachandran, New Delhi
Batra wants textbooks to include stories about child revolutionaries
Mohd Ismail was seven when he vowed to free Bharat Mata from British rule. He joined his father Karamdin, who had migrated from Kashmir to Amritsar, at the Jallianwalla Bagh meeting, and was among those killed in the 1919 massacre.
Updated on Dec 26, 2015 08:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Smriti Kak Ramachandran, New Delhi
Advani, other BJP veterans get into huddle over Azad’s suspension
BJP veterans LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Yashwant Sinha and Shanta Kumar went into a huddle on Thursday, a day after the party suspended MP Kirti Azad for alleged anti-party activities.
Updated on Dec 24, 2015 10:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Smriti Kak Ramachandran, New Delhi
RSS plans Indore film festival to promote nationalism, ‘family ethos’
The event, first of its kind by the RSS, comes at a time when several artists and Bollywood actors have triggered a row by targeting the government for what they believe is a rise in intolerance after BJP’s return to power
Updated on Dec 21, 2015 10:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Smriti Kak Ramachandran, New Delhi