Natives Have Right To Return, But Big No to Walls of Shame.
Punchline No Walls of Apartheid By Z.G. Muhammad It is my birthright to live in my land. It is of no consequences; if I am an Aborigine belonging to one of the twelve tribes’- the earliest settlers including the Greeks and the Turks or I belong to later arrivals in this land from Persia or the Central Asia. So far I am a state subject morally and legally I have every right to live in the land of my ancestors’. If due to political situations at various points of time I might have migrated to any other part of the sub-continent I have a right to return. This column is not to debate the mass migration of people of our land to British India for fear of corvee and discriminatory and brutal tax … Read entire article »
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Was USA Really Interested in Independent Kashmir Or Communist Propaganda
Punchline Red Herring and Truth By Z. G. Muhammad Like Banquo’s ghost in Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, Adlai Stevenson revisits Kashmir’s political narrative at regular intervals. For more than eleven years his ghost persistently hovered over the political horizons of Srinagar, Jammu, and Delhi- inside the court rooms, in the Parliament and public places. It has once again reappeared after a report prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) years ago has been declassified and published in a section … Read entire article »
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Dr. Javid Iqbal’s Review of Downtown Boy
Srinagar: The City of Resistance and Culture …measuring the nuances of ZGM’s masterly treatise Dr. Javid Iqbal Srinagar, Publish Date: Jan 20 201 ZGM with his Sunday nostalgia in ‘GK’ touches the sensitive cultural chord of thousands of readers in the length and breadth of vale, particularly of ‘Shahr-e-Khas’ the city of Sultans, otherwise known as ‘Downtown’ the heart of Srinagar. Nostalgia craved for a compilation for posterity in sequential form. The book form of nostalgia is tailor-made to … Read entire article »
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A Word with “Cocooned” Historiographers of Kashmir.
A word with Historiographers Z. G. Muhammad It was 26 March 2013, Sheikh Mohammad Usman, one of the leading publishers of Srinagar had passed away. A motley group of historians and writers had come for the condolence to his residence in Bemina. It was a sunny forenoon, outside the house of the bereaved family five of us Dr. Abdul Ahad, Professor Mohammad Ishaq Khan, M. Ashraf, Dr. Javid Iqbal and I got involved in a discussion- … Read entire article »
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Downtown Boy Witness To An Era – Book Review
Story of a Downtown Boy Author has really given us back whatever he has experienced in his life Dr. A. Wahid “Srinagar: Story of Downtown Boy” is yet another book pertaining to birth burg of the author, Zahid G Mohammad. The book is a compendium of the series of his articles published every Sunday in Greater Kashmir. When I read this book, the famous verse of the poet Sahir Ludhyanwi came to my mind: “Duniya ney tajrubaat-o-hawadis ki shakal … Read entire article »
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Resolution Of Kashmir Dispute Lies In Its History
Punchline Narrative-History Symbiosis Z. G. Muhammad Thanks to the social media, for it’s providing a platform for the people to express themselves- to those also who otherwise would not respond and react to newspaper writings and books. Some old-time friends do not like some contemporary blog writers and columnists including me for analyzing the current political situation in our land in its historical context. Some of them having a ‘status quoist’ mindset want writers, analysts, … Read entire article »
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Changing Demography of Jammu and Kashmir?
Punchline Target: Demography Z. G. Mohammad It was not something that happened for the first time during the 2016-Intifada. It is an old story, whenever there is an upswing in the movement in the State for the cherished right, integral to basic human Rights, the groups of “troubleshooters” from New Delhi start air dashing to the summer capital. Some call themselves as faith healers; some designate themselves as well wishers of Kashmir and some love … Read entire article »
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