Nehru Owes An Explanation to People of India
PUNCHLINE Why Talks Fail? Z.G. Muhammad The much hyped meeting of the National Security Advisors of India and Pakistan converted the corporate television studios into war rooms. The reason for the high voltage drama that dominated the television studios and the newsrooms and engaged the two countries in war of words was Pakistan symbolically attaching primacy to the Kashmir Dispute by inviting leaders of the Hurriyat Conference to a reception-meeting with NSA, Sartaj Aziz. The NSA meeting had been slated, after Modi and Nawaz Sharif met in July at Ufa in Russia. Notwithstanding, Pakistan representatives goof up in allowing deletion of Kashmir from the joint statement, it was expected to give a new start to the suspended dialogue between the two counties. New Delhi, had called off the Secretary Level talks in August 2014 … Read entire article »
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Moves to Change Demography of Kashmir And Leadership
Punchline Sadiq’s spirit Around Z.G. Muhammad In the history of nations sixty seven years is a small period. Nevertheless, sometimes scars left even after six months misrule ooze painfully for decades and make generation to suffer. G.M. Sadiq, the last prime minister and first chief minister died some forty four back. But, like the ghost of Banquo in Macbeth, he has been repeatedly appearing on the political scene of the State. Now for past five months, with … Read entire article »
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Trifurcation – A Discourse from Jammu
PUNCHLINE Discordant Discourses Z.G. Muhammad Kashmir, for past sixty seven years has been a cauldron of the ‘dominant’ discourses. In forties and fifties, the Communists ideologues conjured alternative discourse to erode the people’s narrative born in 1924. That was in concrete terms manifested in the 1932 resolution adopted on the founding day of the Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference. For subverting the Kashmir narrative, in fifties, the Hindu nationalists stirred agitation in Jammu against symbols of Kashmiri … Read entire article »
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Story of Brother Aplogizing Brother- Revisiting 1947
‘Dis-empowered apologizing Dis-empowered’ Z.G. Muhammad Silence on the sufferings of a fellow citizen has power to poison a society as a ‘dream has power to poison sleep.’ Muslims of Jammu province after 1947, have suffered a political alienation is a bitter truth. And after decades of obliviousness, the political alienation and economic disempowerment of the Muslims of Jammu has of late started forcefully re-entering the larger political narrative of Jammu and Kashmir. Thanks, to hideous moves … Read entire article »
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South Asia: New Cold War
South Asia on the brink The changed geo-strategic situation in the region Z.G. MUHAMMAD Four years back, the United Services Institute (RUSI) for Defense and Security Studies, an independent London based think tank held an international conference on Kashmir. The objective for the conference was to explore regional dynamics of ‘rising Asian powers’ in the region and ‘influences they exert on Kashmir’. The conference was aimed at understanding the ‘increasing influence of China and the potential for regional conflict over disputed territorial claims. The conference also endeavoured to examine the ‘potential spill over from the conflict in Afghanistan and the effect of a protracted conflict on Pakistan’s Western front on Kashmir Security’. Besides, some internationally recognized experts on South Asia, the conference was also attended by some defence and strategic expert from India … Read entire article »
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‘Wular Kinarya’ Vol 3- a presenation
Presentation on SAG’s BOOK ‘Wular Kinarya’ Vol 3 By Z.G. Muhammad On 17-5-2015 Respected Chairperson, Dr. Altaf Hussain, man of the moment, Jnb. Syed Ali Geelani, Jn Ashraf Sahari Sahib, President Bar Association, Mr. Altaf Hussain former BBC Correspondent at Srinagar. Dear friends, ladies and gentlemen. ASA At the outset, I must thank organizers of this book release function, for giving me an opportunity to present my views on the third volume of autobiography of Syed Ali Shah Geelani Sahib. The moment, I … Read entire article »
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Inside Stories About Kashmir and Indian Biographies
PUNCHLINE Biographies and the Narratives By Z.G. Muhammad “An autobiography can distort; facts can be realigned,” writes an author of Indian origin. There is some truth in his assertion but it cannot be the whole truth. Notwithstanding, autobiographies and memoirs being overwhelmingly subjective, they do provide warp and weft for recording history of the political struggles. This genera of literature, besides providing an insight into behind the scene happenings that have impacted history and politics of a nation also … Read entire article »
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