Autobiographic Notes Doctors Who Loved Kashmiris
Nostalgia Our Philanthropist Businessmen By ZGM Time ticked by, I no more felt lonely in the maddening crowds of the metropolitan city. I no more saw everything around me, grey–insipid and colorless. My distressing feelings: ‘I had nothing to contribute; I played no part; I was on the edge had vaporized- soothing and freshening sea breezes had a lot to do in it.’ Now, in all its seasons, shades and colors I loved the vivacity and vibrancy of the … Read entire article »
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UN Commissioner In Asking Access to Kashmir Is Not Blasphemous
Punchline Kashmir on Diplomatic Turf Z. G. Muhammad India and Pakistan have earned a ‘sad and bad distinction.’ Perhaps in the world, only these two nations since their birth as independent countries are endlessly engaged in war of attrition. The two important South Asian players, now nuclear powers have continuously been exchanging mortar shells and fighting battles along the line Jammu and Kashmir. The line drawn by the United Nations Security to stop the waring countries from fighting … Read entire article »
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Autobiographical: Khawaja Ahmad Abbas and Kashmir
Nostalgia Meeting K. A. Abbas ZGM In the city of seven islands, every Sunday had its beauty for me; it always had a new thrill and excitement. To enjoy the poetic beauty of the city in all its aesthetics, I more than often boarded a red double-decked bus at the bus stand outside my home in Colaba. Those days at the bus stands, elevators, and escalators the city was also magnificent for its discipline. … Read entire article »
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António Guterres Wake UP – It can turn into a nuclear war
PUNCHLINE António Guterres Wake UP – It can turn into a nuclear war By Z.G. Muhammad Some days back, I found a passionately written petition in my mail box appealing for ending tension on the line vivisecting Jammu and Kashmir (LOC). The petition from a journalist friend from Jammu was addressed to Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan. The appeal on behalf of the citizen of Jammu and Kashmir rightly ‘apprehend that the growing tension will intensify … Read entire article »
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Autobiographical Notes 3: My Days in Bombay
Nostalgia Meeting the Arzoo Man ZGM It was a dreamland. For many of many of my friends, it was a fabulous city that neither they nor their fathers had ever visited but only heard about it from those few in our Mohalla who visited this city of seven islands for selling silver trinkets, carved and embroidered crafts. Their fathers, grandfathers had shared with them lots of stories about Lahore- the city of splendor and culture. But, after having … Read entire article »
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Ominous Shadows in Jammu- Leaders Rise To Occasion
Punchline The Ominous Shadows In Jammu and Kashmir It presages something cataclysmic is in the offing that has the potential of tearing apart the social and political fabric of the state beyond repair. It should send alarm bells ringing across the divide. Moreover, it calls for serious attention, far beyond a tweet or a post on the social media or a statement in the newspaper. In fact, the case of rape and murder of the eight-year-old … Read entire article »
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An autobiographic Note-2, Downtown Srinagar in Bombay
Nostalgia Khusrow on Sale By ZGM On my landing in the metropolis, the city I had dreamt about visiting and living in during boyhood, I felt ‘all that I am is driftwood for the sea.’ Seeing seas of humanity coming out of the Church Gate and Victory Terminus Railway stations, fears haunted my mind- it will soon engulf me. The grandeur of the Gothic style architecture of the Victoria Terminus- VT railway station as every commuter … Read entire article »
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