Articles by: Prof M A Sofi

Using the ruse of the recovery of Government land as a weapon to disempower

Using the ruse of the recovery of Government land as a weapon to disempower

  Right since the abrogation of article 370 on Aug.5th, 2019 which was ostensibly read down to herald a new beginning in the state of J&K that was tom-tommed as to usher in the much- needed peace, stability and economic wellbeing of the people of the erstwhile state, all that has remained elusive and nothing that would even remotely reek[Read More…]

by 02/02/2023 Comments are Disabled India
Demonising Muslims: How the act is rooted in a cynical reading of Islamic scriptures!

Demonising Muslims: How the act is rooted in a cynical reading of Islamic scriptures!

It’s not always the case that a certain faith, religion or an ideology is misunderstood or misinterpreted exclusively by those who happen to profess a different faith, religion or ideology. The fact is that more often than not, it’s also the committed, diehard followers of a certain strand of faith or ideology upon whom is completely lost the essence of these[Read More…]

by 01/07/2022 Comments are Disabled Communal Harmony
Experimenting with the ‘Aparthied’- As a new tool to ‘play games’ in Kashmir

Experimenting with the ‘Aparthied’- As a new tool to ‘play games’ in Kashmir

The spectacular failure of the strategy of setting such a great score by the tools of subjugation that are, for the most part, scarcely noticeable as such has never been hammered home with such punch and finality as in the spectacle involving the ignoble loss of face of the U.S in Afghanistan. These include such tools as of intimidation, immiseration[Read More…]

by 03/10/2021 1 comment India
Political brinkmanship in Kashmir

Political brinkmanship in Kashmir

How in essence, politics in India has been reduced merely to the battle of perceptions   In the India of today  what is passed for politics is actually nothing more than the management of perceptions which is being pursued to perfection in Kashmir. Here it is sheer rancour, malice and malevolence towards this place and its people that define how[Read More…]

by 09/08/2021 1 comment India
Muslims :The Woebegone Community

Muslims :The Woebegone Community

The present state of Muslims in India and elsewhere in the world is so beautifully captured in the following poignant words of one of the most celebrated contemporary Muslim intellectuals, Ziauddin Sardar in one of his books: “Muslims are sundered, divided and factional within, as much as they cherish a sense of superiority over other societies that they lack within[Read More…]

by 09/06/2021 Comments are Disabled Life/Philosophy
Winter in Kashmir: For local Kashmiris, it’s living a nightmare

Winter in Kashmir: For local Kashmiris, it’s living a nightmare

The line in the subtitle above underscores a reality that not many of those coming to visit the valley from outside Kashmir would concede as a fact of life. The fact is that whereas everything is done by their local hosts and the local administration to ensure that they have a comfortable stay in the valley, with access to all[Read More…]

by 10/01/2021 Comments are Disabled India
Contrasting the Indian Response to China vis a vis Pakistan

Contrasting the Indian Response to China vis a vis Pakistan

Sadly, what is sauce for the goose is not always sauce for the gander In dealing with the issues of national or international implications, it makes sense for the governments to calibrate official responses with an eye on the strengths and weaknesses of the adversary. However, it’s important to distinguish that sort of an approach from the one where responses[Read More…]

by 22/06/2020 2 comments India
A Farrago of Farces

A Farrago of Farces

Where politicians of all hues vie with each other, but the BJP’s shenanigans ‘stand apart’! In its insatiable lust and a desperate bid for power, the BJP government is pulling no punches to use all the tricks in the trade to fleece masses so as to get back to the hot seat in Delhi in 2019. The latest one pertains[Read More…]

by 08/03/2019 Comments are Disabled India
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