Bridegroom on A Colt: Only Rich And Influential Could Afford White Stallion
Nostalgia Bridegroom on A Colt ZGM I have an unbreakable bond with my childhood. That perhaps holds true about everyone. Often on festive, even not-that-jovial occasions, I instantaneously get connected to my childhood. ‘Childhood memories’ as someone has rightly said ‘come crashing like a wave, and one reaches to them with arms out to grab them, to catch them, hold them close,’ and I take great pleasure in sharing them with my friends; young and … Read entire article »
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Article 370 and Hermeneutic Violence- Prof Hameedah’s Take
Article 370 and Hermeneutic Violence It’s oppression at all levels Prof Hameedah Nayeem Over the decades of Indian rule in J&K, Kashmiris have been subjected to physical and psychological violence at various levels. The most visible violence is the physical violence resorted to by the armed forces to establish forcible control over the populace. Another less visible violence is the ideological violence carried through a particular use of language which embodies the statist dominant ideology like- Kashmir … Read entire article »
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The Ward Four Boys Rendezvous With A Legendary Craftsman
Nostalgia Ward Four Boys ZGM Stories of many of the ward four boys, like other downtown Srinagar boys, are strewn across the countries, yet their loyalty is etched to the maze of narrow streets, lanes and by-lanes they grew up in and played games; hide and seek, hopscotch and tip-cat. Hitched to their roots, on a mere mention of their birth burg reminiscence cascade like high mountain brooks and pilot them down the memory lane, and … Read entire article »
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Understanding Importance of 35 A To Demography Of Kashmir
Article 35-A in peril Need to safeguard our constitutional right Abdul Majid Zargar After repeated adjournments, Supreme Court of India is finally expected to hear the arguments in respect of Article 35A on 6th of August 2018. In July 2014, soon after BJP was elected to power in New-Delhi, an RSS backed Non-Governmental organization, “We the citizens”, filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the validity of this article on the ground of its having been inserted … Read entire article »
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My Bombay Days: Looking For Manto In the Island of Giants
Nostalgia Island of Giants ZGM The tinsel world of India has an intrinsic charm- a beauty that makes its distinct from any other metropolises in the sub-continent. Those, who adopt the city as their abode remotely move out of it. Those who live in it hardly forget about it. For many, like me, the city in all its shades rings like Dr. Faustus mesmerizing lines on seeing the Helen of Troy, ‘was this the face.’ Like a magnet … Read entire article »
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My Days in Bombay: Searching for Inner Peace in Tinsel City
Nostalgia Off To Haji Malang ZGM Many spiritual experiences can’t be captured in words. Offering late night prayers during sultry days on an islet with the soothing breeze blowing on all sides from the Arabian Sea had a unique spiritual elation. Perhaps, it was as good an experience as that of whirling dance when ‘the invisible world becomes apparent to the whole.’ Nevertheless, for me, it had the same inner solace that I experienced as a young … Read entire article »
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Days in Bombay. Khawaja Bazar in Bombay
. Nostalgia Khoja Bazar in Bombay By ZGM Truly, the metropolis, those days for all its shades and colors, was more entrancing than a rainbow. Then, the orange swallow-tailed flag had not taken over the landscape of the city that for more than a century had seen ‘professional promises’ of many enterprising young men like greatest South-Asian Muslim leader, M. A. Jinnah bloom to full. It had been a sanctuary that did not distinguish between colors and … Read entire article »
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