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THU’NAY- YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND
I believed it. I think so did you? There was no reason not believing it. It was the buzz word: Behind the scene some resolution of Kashmir dispute had been reached’. Syed Ali Geelani with all eloquence at his command opposed it. He called it betraying the cherished ideal of right to self-determination. He saw it as betraying the commitments of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of the largest republic in the world. He saw … Read entire article »
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Mir Syed Ali Hamadani Architect of Kashmir
These were three days of rediscovering ourselves. The international seminar on Mir Syed Ali Hamadani organized by the Institute of Islamic Studies, Kashmir University was ‘wide-ranging. Starting with thought- provoking keynote address by Prof. Muhammad Ishaq Khan, profound presidential address by Prof. M.A. Sofi and incisive valedictory address by Prof. G. R. Malik, the seminar was in more than one way introspective. Cascading with scholarship it set hundreds of participants thinking, rethinking rather rediscovering the … Read entire article »
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Iqbal and Leaders
Sometimes, I think that if Kashmir has not become a passion to the point of obsession with me. Whenever, I read a new book, history or fiction, I start looking for parallels in it to the contemporary Kashmir situation. Latest in the row has been ‘Iqbal in Politics’ by Hafeez Malik a professor in political science at Villanova University, USA. Comprising twelve chapters and spreading over 316 pages the book has been published by Sang-e-Meel … Read entire article »
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Women of Kashmir
Women empowerment in Kashmir – A historical perspective Zahid G Muhammad To talk about women’s lib and in South Asia is a fad, a fashion and a craze with many Western intellectuals. The Western scholars and writers have been looking at the status of women in the Indian Sub-Continent through coloured glasses. There is no denying that the women in some of the States in the Indian sub-continent have suffered in the past and continue to live in a state of deprivation but historically the situation in Kashmir has been different than many other states bordering it. Many a neo-elites with out having a brace from support in their blind aping have also started talking about the women’s lib or gender equality in Kashmir. Many NGO’s from outsides who draw their sustenance from different … Read entire article »
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Kashmir Freedom Struggle and Media
PRESS AND FREEDOM STRUGGLE IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR BY Z. G . MUHAMMAD INTRODUCTION The story of Kashmir oscillates between ecstasy and agony; joviality and desperation; happiness and disappointment; hope and despair. It has had its eras of triumphs. It has its periods of defeats. It has had both the avuncular and despotic rulers. It has had naiks and khalnaiks. Many a merciless marauders have invaded this land in the past and set a blaze the salubrious and … Read entire article »
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Three Books on Kashmir
Kashmir tumbled into the basket of international disputes on January 1, 1948. It was none other than the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru who decided to put it in the UN basket. Ever since that day it has been hot subject for journalists, scholars, and historians. Hardly a year passes when about a dozen of new titles are not added to the already bulging bibliography of the Kashmir dispute. It is, in fact, … Read entire article »
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Book Review: Pakistan Beyond Crisis State By Maleeha Lodhi
It is an extraordinary narrative of resilience. That is how the Pakistan story can be best described. Conjured 63 years back by a man, credited with having “altered the course of history” and having passed through many vicissitudes is confronted with the toughest challenges. During the past few years, writers such as American Stephen Philip Cohen and Indian M.J. Akbar have denounced this country as a failed state. And, some writers, like Bruce Riedel, have gone … Read entire article »
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