Remembering Gang Rape of Kunan Poshpora (Kashmir)
Co-Written by Inamul Haq& Tajamul Maqbool Rape as well as sexual violence committed by security forces against women have been an indispensable element of Indian military strategy in conflict zones…
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The Kashmir Question:Made in India
It has been stated before that when there is no political will to resolve a long pending dispute then ‘all roads can lead to hell’. Loss of 49 CRPF soldier’s…
A Personal Testimony of Kashmiriyat
When Kashmiris are being attacked across India, let me telly you a story about Kashmiriyat. Last summer I was in Kashmir with my family. We were coming back from Sonamarg.…
Kashmir Situation – Some Views from South India
There are two significant opinions on Kashmir situation expressed by two eminent personalities from Chennai whose opinion matters in the aftermath of the Phulwama terror attack on February 14 that…
Pulwama: A Present Moment in the Longer Kashmir Story
While the bodies of the 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troops who died in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Valentine’s Day are only just now being…
The Best Tribute to the Slain is the Solution of Conflict
"Death of a militant, civilian or an army personal is a human loss. It should never be celebrated because nothing can be achieved through it. It only desolate a house,…
Kashmir, a bleeding tragedy!
(Due to the misfortune of Kashmiris, the two neighbours have converted the place into a bleeding “Paradise”!) Historically Kashmir has been known as the “Paradise on Earth” because of its…
Kashmir: Back to Square One?
The terror attack on the CRPF convoy in Pulwama (Jammu and Kashmir), which killed dozens of soldiers of the paramilitary forces, sent shock waves across the country and the world. …
Kashmir: Dismembering the Maharaja’s Creation!
(The setting up of a third territorial division in the erstwhile State of J & K created by Maharaja Gulab Singhmay result in its finaldismemberment!) For past sometime there has…
Kashmir and the Politics of Punishment
With the brutal 'drawing and quartering' of the domestic servant Robert-François Damiens, who attempted the assassination of King Louis XV of France in 1757, to 'make the amende honorable before…
Impact of Unrest in Kashmir Tourism Industry and Finding Possible Solutions in Between
This valley of mountains and forests has been the source of attraction for tourists all over the world. The rush of tourists both foreign and domestic has reduced to a…
Nature Isolates The Kashmir Valley!
(The continuous blockade of the National Highway linking Kashmir with the rest of the world in spite of the best efforts of the Border Roads Organization calls for an alternate…
Why UN supervised referendum couldn’t be held in J&K?
[Flipside of Sheikh Abdullah’s narrative] Sheikh M Abdullah who was key political figure from Kashmir in the whole story has written that it was Pakistani authorities in UN that, on…
Dr Shah Faisal and the Political space in JK
Co-Written by Masood Ali Mir & Zahoor Ahmad Mir Dr Shah Faisal has resigned, he has resigned from the top most post and a dream job of millions of Indians.…
Dialogue – The best way to Resolve the Kashmir Issue
Kashmir is a zone of chaos, a highest militarised zone in the world.Kashmir is a bone of fight between the two Nuclear Countries. The independence of India and Pakistan gave…
Historical Review of JK Land Reform Laws: (From 1887-1976)………Part II
In spite of the fact that the Dogra Ruler in 1933 fulfilling “its obligations to its own Muslim subjects” 19 conferred proprietary rights upon the occupancy hereditary cultivators, a good…
Historical Review of JK Land Reform Laws: (From 1887-1976)………Part I
J&K in the past was predominantly agricultural State. Immediately before 1947, near to 90% of its population lived in villages & depended on agriculture. Under Dogra Rule, “in Kashmir the…
Shah Faesal: A Forged Journey
Shah Faesal’s journey from an overwhelming personal tragedy to excellence in his career is both amazing and awe-inspiring. At 19, his father, a government teacher who was very popular locally,…
The Weather Forecast
The present Director of the Srinagar Met Office, Sonam Lotus, has made people very much weather conscious by his useful forecasts during last few years!) Sonam Lotus These days’…
How New Delhi Has Been Looking At Kashmir
Sometimes meeting an embittered politician, enables one to peep into a domain of politics that otherwise remains obscure. Moreover, on occasions sharing experiences about such meetings helps in analysing the…
Gaw Kadal Massacre: A Turning Point
The word massacre denotes a form of collective action that destroys the defenceless individuals. In European middle ages, the word has been used in reference to animals. There is a…
The undependable “Life Line”!
The only surface access to Kashmir from the outside world is becoming totally undependable due to the crumbling strata through which it passes From the ancient times Kashmir has been…
The Legazy of Azaadi: The History of Kashmir Revolution
“Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life”. - Bob Marley From my birth, I have always learnt that Kashmir is the…
Professional conspiracies & cartels in Kashmir
More than a century ago, George Bernard Shaw in his famous 1906 play The Doctor’s Dilemma has said “all professions are a conspiracy against laity”. Conspiracies are hatched & executed…
Kashmir’s New Ambassadors
Like many others in my tribe; opinion writers and columnists, guided by screaming headlines I am also oblivious to the urges and aspirations of our youth. That there is a…
Shah Faesal Reclaiming Electoral Politics
Dr Shah Faesal's reclaiming a new electoral politics after resigning from civil services in India's Kashmir neither seems vapid nor promising at the moment.The prominent youth icon shot to fame…
Why is Mehbooba Mufti apologizing people of Kashmir?
Why is she nowadays visiting the militant families and apologizing the people for her past deeds and remarks? Why is she terming the slain militants as martyrs? Is it that…
Mr. IAS What Next?
Till 2010 Shah Faesal was not a well known figure in Kashmir but after cracking the India’s top most civil service examination held under UPSC (IAS) that too…
The Doctrine of State
(The Doctrine of State cannot override the Doctrine of Human Rights!) Mr Yashwant Sinha former Foreign Minister in an interview on NDTV disclosed that a senior Government Officer had informed…
Kashmir, the Nemesis!
Kashmir has been continuously ravaged by many outside forces for more than four centuries. While the barbarity and oppression has failed to dampen our unique spirit of survival, it has…
Awards And Politics
More than a decade back, sitting in a newspaper office, a fellow writer Ashraf Sahil suggested the idea of instituting of the ‘private awards’ in Kashmir for literature. Comparing the…
Bandipora Village has no Electricity 71 years after India’s Independence
While government scheme Deen Dayal Yojana has a vision to provide continuous power supply to rural areas, Wevan a small village in Bandipora District of Northern Kashmir, is still stuck…
Kashmir: Need For Peace Process
A former northern army commander has twice over recently observed that the military’s operational success in counter insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has not been taken advantage of politically.…
Kashmir: The Sacrilege And The Turmoil
In 1963, an act of serious sacrilege plunged Kashmir into grief and fury never witnessed before. As people in Srinagar woke up to an icy Friday morning on 27 December…
Hajin Man, Father of 6, Booked under PSA for the 10th time, Shifted to Kotbalwal Jail
Authorities on Thursday, booked Father of 6 Daughters, of Hajin Bandipora under Stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) for 10th time in a row for his alleged involvement in Anti National…
Massacres in Kashmir: A Revision of 2018
Kashmir and its history is replete with intimate massacres. These massacres were not witnessed after the birth of nation states who drafted the independent nation into disputed territory. These massacres…
Identity Formation in the Kashmir Valley: An Overview
Identity is a concept for understanding and learning about social conflicts. The issue of Muslim identity in the Kashmir conflict became a concern, thereby turning potentially negotiable issues into intractable…
Kashmir: End the senseless violence!
(Violence in any form with any motive can never solve a problem. Unless the senseless violence from all sides is ended soon, it will engulf the entire region resulting in…
Prices And Fares: A Peep Into Old Kashmir
During our childhood, when elders at home talked about prices of essential commodities prevalent during their own childhood that they referred to as prone zamane (old times), our reaction would…
Finding ‘solace in arms’, Teenage Militant Mudasir shattered dreams of his poor family
On 5th December, a daunting picture went Viral on Social Media in which 14 year old Cute Boy holding an AK-47 in one hand and and Knife in another. Mudasir…
Strike, lockdown shut Kashmir over civilian, militant killings
A complete shutdown was observed across Kashmir valley on Sunday to mourn the civilian and militant killings in Sirnoo village of Pulwama district of south Kashmir on Saturday . All…
The Curfewed Night
The Curfewed Night by Basharat Peer is a novel read of its kind. It provides an intimate account of life in the 1990’s when insurgency and counter-insurgency engulfed the valley.…
Kashmir: Tourism loses priority!
(In spite of tall claims from various politicians and the government functionaries about Tourism being the backbone of Kashmir’s economy, the sector seems to have lost government’s priority!) Kashmir has…
The Saga of J & K Bank: When The Killers Turn Saviours
Governor Malik’s decision to classify J&K Bank as a Public sector undertaking (PSU) should be seen in the broader scheme of Indian efforts to strengthen the tools of occupation which…
J&K Power projects: Story of exploitation, plunder & surrender
Pre-View: State of J & K is most probably only piece of land on the world map that despite being profusely rich in many resources of self-reliance & self-satisfaction is…
Plebiscite, Kashmir And Sher-i-Kashmir
5 December is the birth anniversary of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, a mass leader who dominated the politics of Kashmir for over half a century before passing away in 1982. For…
Pellet Horror In Kashmir
Indian in Jammu and Kashmir is blinding Kashmiris unabated with each passing day. The pellet horror which started in the year 2016 is still continuing with no end in sight…
Changing Place Names in Kashmir
On 24 October 2018, the State Government inaugurated in Srinagar a ‘library building’ named after the third generation Dogra ruler, Pratap Singh, whose memory in Kashmir only evokes painful feelings…
Kashmir’s Political Chameleons!
(Many of Kashmir’s politicians have been acting like chameleons, changing their ideologies and convictions like the colours of these lizards) During the last seventy years Kashmir has given birth to…
Kashmir Needs Solution not Suppression
Co-Written by Syed Mujtaba & Mirza jahanzeb Since 1989, the People of Jammu and Kashmir were killed, tortured, humiliated, and disappeared. Thousands of the people were killed due to cycle…
Dissolving J & K Assembly is Unconstitutonal
The unconstitutional act of the governor of Jammu and Kashmir in disallowing political parties to explore formation of a new government reflect that the Modi government is not interested in…
Winter Tourism In Kashmir
(Kashmir has the highest potential for the development of Winter Tourism if proper facilities are provided. We could easily have half a dozen ski-resorts!) In mid-eighties, one had the opportunity…
Increasing Road Accidents in Kashmir : Rules and Laws Need Overhaul
USING THE INK OF MY TEARS I WROTE TO YOU ,THE ONE WITH GOLDEN ATTIRE. These verses are a fair display of our contemporary atmosphere in Kashmir. With the growing…
Right to Self Determination of Kashmiris: An obligation for All
According to the white paper on Jammu & Kashmir published by the government of India early in 1948, Government of India made it clear that they would regard “Instrument of…
Kashmir’s plural ethos and communal harmony
Peace is the foundation of prosperity among the nation states of the world and harmony forms the basic foundation of that enterprise.Man is the wonderful creation of God with an…
Shrinking Political Space In Kashmir!
(For last few years the political space in Kashmir has been gradually made to shrink and now even the so called “mainstream” is being squeezed out!) Recently Omar Abdullah in…
Books Knock-Down The “Dominant Discourses”, The Joy of Re-readings
In a scenario, when politics in our state has become crazy, the ‘hegemonic discourses’ have the sway, and a big lie projected as truth is accepted, restlessness is a natural…
Dr. Iqbal: Founder of Kashmir Freedom Struggle
A momentous day in the life of a leader, writer or poet is when he sees his ideas translated into reality. Iqbal did not live up to the day…
Kashmir: Fragile Power System
(Apart from various perennial problems relating to demand and supply, the very system of transmitting and supplying power is extremely fragile) The recent power break down in the valley…
Jammu and Kashmir: A Macabre Drama
The new ‘political’ Governor of J&K, Satya Pal Malik stepped into a volatile “Disturbed Area” at a testing and disturbing time. He is not the first to do so. However,…
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