Is Leadership Change Possible in BSP?
The recent Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election has once again exposed the continuing decline of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). In this, the BSP has got only one seat and…
Kashmir
Tango Dance in Bengal
What we are witnessing in Bengal today reminds us of the saying: `It takes two to tango’, implying that in a dispute it is not one alone, but the other…
Kashmir In search of Subhan Hajam
History has become witness to the fact that when plans to destroy the identity or the character of any nation were conspired in political institutions, one of the strategies induced…
The Aftermath of Abrogation of Article 370
Co-Written by Ishfaq Majid & Varinder Singh In 1949, a special provision was added to India's constitution providing autonomy to the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The article was allowing…
In Kashmir: Love and respect thy patient
Today, the world over, a number of issues confronting the societies are discussed day in and day out and intellectual…
Kashmir: Rage and Reason- Gowhar Geelani- Book Review
Reviewer: Abid Ahmad Shah Book: Kashmir-Rage and Reason Author: Gowhar Geelani Publisher: Rupa Publications Price: 395 Kashmir is glorified the world over as paradise on the earth, second to…
In Conversation with Ghulam Nabi Aatash
Kashmir is a place endowed by divinity from every niche. From eons valley has been witnessing umpteen legendary writers, scholars and poets. Besides breathtaking, splendiferous natural beauty, Kashmir has rich…
Gowhar Geelani’s book Kashmir: Rage and Reason launched
Can Kashmir’s conflict be solved through serious political engagements? This central question prevailed throughout the discussion that followed the release of Gowhar Geelani’s book Kashmir, Rage and Reason, here…
Kashmir: The Missing Tunnels!
(One of the reasons for unstable connectivity of the valley in the absence of the traditional Jhelum Valley Road is the missing tunnels on most of the other links going…
13 July 1931 – And A Butler Change Destiny of A Slave Nation
Some moments are important than epochs in the histories of nations. So holds true about 13 July 1931 in the history of Kashmir. On this day v people of Kashmir…
‘Back to Village’: Government running with hare, hunting with hounds
'Back to village’, the programme launched by the government for the villagers to end their miseries has brought no cheer among the dwellers of hamlets in the Valley as the…
The vanishing green belt of Kashmir !
(One of the main causes for drastic climate change in the valley has been the indiscriminate felling of trees and the conversion of agricultural land!) The most extensively used words…
In response to Haseeb A Drabu’s observations about right to property & JKB vis a vis State Govt published in GK
(A) Right to property: First, in his article “Article 35 A: Myth or Reality” , published in GK on 03-04-2019, Mr. Drabu has written: “In 1950, when the J&K government…
Kashmir: Adventure Sports Rescue
All Adventure Sports activities are hazardous by nature and need an efficient rescue service to avoid fatal accidents Adventure Sports were introduced in Kashmir on a regular basis as an…
Kashmir Today: Striving for Peace
After the massive mandate in 2019 General Elections, Narendra Modi Government is in the firm saddle. Now Mr. Amit Shah, who seems to be the most powerful person after Modi…
A People’s Peace Initiative In Kashmir
Sanjay Tula and his wife Tula Sanjay are products of Jayaprakash Narayan’s total revolution movement in the ‘70s. They live in Mehsana, Gujarat and run a small organization called Vishwagram…
Delimitation of J&K Assembly seats
Delimitation of Assembly constituencies in J&K is the new war cry let loose by Sangh Parivar & its drooling followers. Columns , opinions & views have started appearing in print…
Pellet injuries – Physical and Psychological trauma
Living with deformity is very difficult. The degree of difficulty varies with the intensity of disability and its impact on people. One of the vital parts of human body is…
Solving the Kashmir Problem
(India and Pakistan have now strong and stable governments. The leaders in both countries claim to be people friendly. There cannot be a better opportunity than this to solve the…
Facebook blocks page of Good Morning Kashmir, deletes hundreds of posts
Srinagar: Facebook on Wednesday blocked the official page of Srinagar based english daily 'Good Morning Kashmir' and deleted hundreds of its posts for not “following community standards”, shocking its editors…
Zakir Musa’s killing: intense clashes erupt in Valley, curfew imposed, internet snapped
Srinagar, May 23: After the news of Zakir Musa’s killing spread in the valley, intense clashes erupted in various parts of Kashmir valley on Thursday evening. As per reports, as…
Kashmir: Governance, not Politics!
(Kashmir’s political problem is a Gordian knot which no one has been able to disentangle for last 70 years. Till the problem gets resolved, there is need for good governance…
Bandipora rape case: Student protests escalate across Kashmir; govt shuts down schools, colleges to curb unrest
Srinagar, May 14: Student protests against rape of three-year-old minor girl in Bandipora district continue to rock Kashmir Valley on Tuesday, even as authorities had ordered the closure of some…
Kashmir: Need For Adventure Tourism Directorate
(The most promising sector in Tourism is Adventure Tourism but to promote and develop it on modern lines there is urgent need for an independent organization of trained people in…
Kashmir’s Bleeding Economy! | Mohammad Ashraf
(The uncertain situation for last few years is making already fragile Kashmir economy to bleed without any redressal in sight!) The founder of the Ziraat Times, Arjimand Hussain Talib in…
A Kashmiri Pandit Writes To Home Minister On Highway Ban | Akhilesh Nagari & Hanan Zaffar
“I can still hear those cries and painful goodbyes I can still feel that aggressive wind swaying my hair and mind I still feel that blood rush rising through my vein…
Article 370: A journey from falsity to reality or vice versa? | M J Aslam
Prelude: With the end of WWII, it became clearer than ever that India was going to get independence from British Rule. Under the Government of India Act, 1935 the foundation…
Kashmir’s Wetlands Turning Dry | Sheikh Umar Ahmad
Growing encroachments, pollution & Lackadaisical approach of state authorities damage the wetlands Kashmir is God gifted with immense natural resources that give it a paradise personification on earth. Being geographically…
Kashmir: Starting Tourist Charters
(The ideal thing to keep the Tourist inflow appreciable and protect the environment is to start dedicated charter flights from some of the most potential markets to destinations in Kashmir)…
Sopore Rape Shame
Co-Written by Meer Abass & Aurangzeb Arif " to ask the victim what lies beneath the misery " " They say , I was never a part of this world…
Mohammad Ashraf – Disaster in the making!
(The failure of various government agencies in executing flood prevention measures in spite of a lapse of almost 5 years is a recipe for new disaster!) According to a news…
Mir Abass-Highway Ban in Kashmir :Horrors of Democracy…
The government of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir said civilian traffic on the highway was banned from 4 a.m. to 5 p.m. every Sunday and Wednesday until May…
Tawfeeq Irshad Mir- Kashmir Faces Discrimination
Leave aside the privileges accruing from Article 370, our state has not even such powers as are available to other states of the union under its constitution. Senior IAS, IPS…
Sheikh Umar Ahmad: What makes Kashmiri Sheikh’s different from Arabs
From Hindu Brahmin convert’s in our Kashmir to inherently Islamic religious clerics & kings, Sheikh Clan dominate at extreme edges world over Sheikh as a word in Arabic is a…
The Highway Ban in Indian Administered Kashmir
On April 3, Indian authorities issued an order banning civilian vehicular traffic on the highway in Kashmir stretching from district Baramulla upto Udhampur on Wednesdays and Sundays upto May 31…
Kashmir Tourism needs reorientation!
(In view of the prevailing situation, Tourism needs reorientation both in marketing strategy and in the organization managing it!) Kashmir has been known through ages as a Paradise on Earth.…
Kashmir: Freedom Of Press Imperilled
‘The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state. Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what he pleases before the public: to…
Neither curse nor cross of Albatross: (Beyond Two Peers of Kashmir)
In past, Kashmiris were naïve & simple. It was the time when the gradual progression of science in Europe had not yet crossed the mountains of valley of Kashmir. Modern…
Kashmir’s Hospitals
(The basic requirement of any healthcare set up is a hospital. Kashmir has many government and private hospitals but these are lacking in many respects) Before one examines the status…
Polls, Politics and Experimentation
I am not a psephologist. Notwithstanding, in the democratic process, the role of psephology is recognized as an important one, the study of elections in Jammu and Kashmir has never…
Kashir Scientist
A non-profit educational forum to encourage research in Science among school & college going students & impact upon outreach at grassroots level Kashir Scientist, founded in 2011, is a non-profit…
Article 35 A: A Rejoinder To Arun Jaitley
Through a written blog followed by his tweet, Union Finance Minster Mr. Arun Jailey has yet again stirred the issue of Article 35A due to be adjudicated by Supreme court…
Kashmiris perhaps will never settle for anything that conveys them a sense of defeat
Kashmir, once christened as paradise on earth is now a crown of militarization from last three decades where Kashmiris are paralyzed in conflict molded battleground resulting in generations growing up…
The “Dream Merchants” of Kashmir!
(Most of the political leaders in Kashmir have been selling “Dreams” to the people that ultimately get interpreted in their own personal well-being leaving the people high and dry!) The…
Pulwama Aftermath: The Love for Sikh Community
On 14th February 2019, vehicles of security forces which were on its way to reach Srinagar came under a heavy attach when a vehicle-borne bomber attacked the vehicles at Lethpora…
The Mirwaiz Kashmir Institution: Its importance as Socio-Religious Organization
Like Chris, a French writer and filmmaker, “What I'm passionate about is History; politics interests me only insofar as it is the cross-section of History in the present.” Looking, at…
Kashmir-A simmering Volcano & Chinese efforts of neutralization
China has yet again blocked the move at UN to designate Masood Azhar as a global terrorist. India is highly disappointed at China’s stand which had the support of…
Restoring Kashmir’s Traditional Routes
The uncertainty of the present physical link of the valley to the outside world shows the urgency of restoring other historical routes to prevent people from getting claustrophobic! The frequent…
When I hoped for Peace In despair
At this uncertain time of scarred historicity and the chaotic years I had followed from the beginning of my existence onto the world, memory of my past would often haunt…
Kashmir Returns To International Discourse
Thank God for the clouds of war that frighteningly hovered for a week have started waning from the skies of the Sub-Continent. In the seventy years, acrimonious history of India…
Deconstructing grand myth of Kashmiriyat
No book of history or literature of any credence on Kashmir has anywhere used the term “Kashmiriyat” in its references to socio-cultural values of its inhabitants: Kashmiris. I. However, the…
Ban on Jamaat e Islami , Unconstitutional, Undemocratic
The current comprehensive crackdown on Jama’at-e-Islami though not unprecedented is unique at the same in many respects.In the past whenever there was a ban placed on it, it was on…
Why Ban Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir?
So Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir has been declared an 'unlawful association' and banned for five years on the grounds of what the notification says 'Indulging in subversive activities' and all the manufactured…
Dissent and Democracy : Banning The Jama’at-e-Islamia
For four million people living in an area of 85,805.8 square milesin the bosom of mighty Himalayas,Saturday ‘12 March 1932’ was a momentous day.On this day after years of struggle…
Why Ban FAT Schools?
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education" …
The Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Amendment Order, 2019: A critical analysis
Everybody knows that Article 35-A is sub judice before the Apex Court of India. The petitioners who challenged the Article are proxy of the ruling class of India who want…
Sirhama : The Village of Apple and Education
Sirhama, one of the most promising village in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, is located in the lap of beautiful mountains. It is located on the eastern side…
Kashmir: What Would Gandhi Say?
We are on the brink of a disaster What would Mahatma Gandhi say about the threat of war between India and Pakistan, which has brought the two nations and the…
The Rumour Mill!
(The events of last few years have affected the Valley people psychologically so much that any rumour sells and puts the inhabitants on the edge!) Kashmiris are traditionally given to…
Where is the outrage for over 100 Kashmiri women raped by Indian soldiers on a single night?
Ever since more than 40 Indian paramilitary soldiers were killed in a suicide attack in Pulwama on February 14, the Indian mainstream has gone mad with more hawkish nationalists calling…
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