Musharraf’s Formula and Kashmir Leaders
Resurrecting A Dead letter Weave a discourse around the basic framework Punchline Z.G. MUHAMMAD Some days back, I decided not to talk about “them” or their travel to the country that was ‘conjured into statehood by the force of indomitable will’ of a leader – the will that ironically even our towering leadership lacked. I started believing whether, I talk or not, the sweeping winds of politics are there to drift away the vessels with no strong ideological moorings and anchors. Knowing, chronicles are replete with instances, that those suffering from ideological infidelity having been washed away like straws down the streams of history, I started believing that historical forces will throw up a leadership that will ‘significantly alter the course of history and even modify the map of the world’. It was the recent … Read entire article »
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Symbolism in Iqbal
The Development of a Symbol A Study of Iqbal’s Poem, Aftab Prof. G.R. Malik Since the word symbol occurs in the title of this presentation, I would like to preface it with an extremely brief account, in general terms, about the use of symbols in poetry. Of course this is one of the weightiest ever subjects and can, by no means, be dismissed in a brief prefatory note. These remarks are, therefore, added only to introduce the present discourse. Broadly speaking symbols may be divided into three categories: a) The Collective or Cultural symbols: The collective symbols have a universal character in that they have acquired a more-or-less common signification amongst the generality of human beings: Two examples of such symbols are the sunrise and the sunset which are considered to be symbolical of birth … Read entire article »
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13 July 1931 : And Butler Changed Destiny of Slave Nation
And A Butler Change Destiny of A Slave Nation Z. G .Muhammad Some moments are important than epochs in the histories of nations. So holds valid about July 13, 1931, in the history of Kashmir- the day when people of Kashmir scripted their history with scarlet blood. It was not the first day when people laid their lives for just cause- history of Kashmir after 1819 is replete with incidents when ruthless alien rulers brutally murdered … Read entire article »
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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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