Edward Said’s Writings and Kashmir
Some years back in my column Punchline published in Greater Kashmir on Monday’s , when I wrote there is no Edward Said on our side to tell our tale with all its objectivity to the world it hurt ego of some “intellectual” friends. Sitting on higher pedestals, floating on the crests of authority they believed that I was belittling their standing as “intellectual Jupiter’s”. The intention was never to demolish the castles of make-believe but … Read entire article »
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Our Spirtual Legacy- Hameedah Nayeem
The heart-rending and soul-stirring incident of the devastating fire of Dastageer Sahib mosque, the Shrine dedicated to Syed Abdul Qadir Jeelani, shocked and outraged the entire state both Muslims and non Muslims alike. This is yet another deep psychological blow that our collective consciousness has received in the past two decades of military rule which has wreaked havoc with the living symbols of our history, religion, culture, the sereneness of our environment , forests and … Read entire article »
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Nemsis or Poetic Justice Asks Abdul Majid Zargar
Major Avtar Singh Gill, the army officer wanted in Jaleel Andrabi’s murder case met his nemesis . Some call it a poetic justice while others would have liked him to get justice under the normal law because that would have witnessed the truth in action.. The facts associated with his crime are fully in public domain now. When his crime was established by Special investigation team (SIT) formed by Police, he was clandestinely transferred to the … Read entire article »
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Indus Water Treaty and Kashmir Interests
Violating natural justice …J&K hullabaloo is crying over spilt milk DR. JAVID IQBAL Indus Water Treaty [IWT] violating natural justice was evident from day one of the treaty signed on September the 19th, 1960 in Karachi by Pundit Nehru and President Ayub Khan. It is Punjab centric to the detriment of J&K’s interests. Partition based on religious division had other factors–water head, irrigation head, and run of the river provision added to it. The rider put India in total control of all the western rivers in J&K [Jhelum, Chenab and Sind] in addition to eastern rivers in Punjab [Ravi, Beas and Sutlej]. Thus Indus basin became totality India’s handmaiden. The recent hullabaloo witnessed in J&K state cannot be captioned beyond calling it crying over spilt milk or repenting over stolen grain. MP Rajya Sabha … Read entire article »
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Interlocutors’ report is silent about some grave issues
Eye wash Interlocutors’ report is silent about some grave issues By ABDUL MAJID ZARGAR With the publication of New Delhi’s nominated interlocutors report on Jammu Kashmir, the genie is finally out of the bottle- Barely a few months ago, in response to an application under RIT, the Home Ministry had denied its publication on the ground of “National security”. Whether during this short interregnum, the parameters of National security have changed or the hearts & minds of My- Lords in New-Delhi, remains to be seen. Interestingly the report has been made public when a senior official of the Home Ministry was in Pakistan to negotiate the Siachen issue. The timing appears to have been arranged to get a first hand reaction from Pakistani establishment. The interlocutors have ruled out return of the Delhi-Srinagar relations to … Read entire article »
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Srinagar My City My Dreamland
Srinagar : My City my Dreamland: By Altaf Bashir The book contains 277 pages, and costs 695 INR. There is a choice for students who can purchase the book with a discount offered at the bookstore in Srinagar. The author is well known columnist in daily Greater Kashmir who has written those scripts on Sunday column ‘Nostalgia’ and has assembled them to present before the public in book form, with new things added to it which one … Read entire article »
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Abdul Majid Zargar has a viewpoint
The Supreme Court judgment in Pathribal fake encounter case constitutes a severe assault on the right to life of common people living in conflict areas like Kashmir. Following Chittisinghpora massacre of Sikhs in the year 2000, five innocent civilians were virtually dragged from their beds and killed in cold blood by personnel of 7 Rashtriya Rifles. The victims were labeled as LET mercenaries responsible behind the chittisinghpora incident. Even the then Union Home Minster, Lal Krishen Advani flew from New-Delhi to shower praises on the Army unit responsible for the Act. When the identity of five men became known as innocent civilians, protests intensified across Anantnag, forcing the government to order a judicial inquiry. On April 3, 2000, the protesters marched towards the Deputy Commissioner’s office. Nine of them were … Read entire article »
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